Aki Rissanen: Art in Motion

Teppo Mäkynen | Antti Lötjönen | Aki Rissanen

Aki Rissanen's trio is one of the major exhibits of Finnish jazz and is surely deserving to break through in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2019

Edward Vesala: Lumi

Esko Heikkinen | Edward Vesala | Pentti Lahti | Raoul Björkenheim | Tom Bildo | Tapani Rinne | Häkä | Taito Vainio | Jorma Tapio | Kari Heinilä

Critical opinion is strongly divided on this ECM disc from 1987. The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a ‘Crown’...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2019

Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano: Roma

Giovanni Guidi | Joe Lovano | Dezron Douglas | Enrico Rava | Gerald Cleaver

Enrico Rava, the 80-year-old Italian trumpet star whose expeditions include Miles-infused post-bop, free-jazz with Steve Lacy, and a few personal...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2019

Aki Takase: Hokusai – Piano Solo

Alex Von Schlippenbach | Aki Takase | Alex von Schlippenbach | Yoko Tawada

A long-time stalwart of the European avant-garde scene and long-time partner of Alex von Schlippenbach, Takase is now a senior...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2019

Miles Davis: Milestones

By contrast to the Bechet above, this release might short-change those seeking an introductory disc to Miles' later work. There's...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Electric Lady Big Band

Denny Ilett | Noel Langley | Simon Gardner | Ralph Salmins | Ashley Slater | Kevin Figes | Tom Gardner | Thad Kelly | Pee Wee Ellis | Winston Rollins

Ilett's love affair with Hendrix has found expression usually, and understandably, in a power trio with stalwarts like Daisy Palmer...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2019

Jonathon Crompton: Intuit

Crompton is one of four saxes that also includes Ingrid Laubrock, but they stay clear of old-school cutting contests, preferring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Wilbur Ware | Ray Bryant | Curtis Fuller | Pepper Adams | Paul Chambers | George Coleman | Lee Morgan | Bobby Timmons | Sonny Clark | Art Taylor

Hurrah! Here's an Avid that makes as much sense programmatically as it does commercially! Focusing on four of Morgan's 1956-57...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2019

Duane Tatro: Jazz For Moderns

Stu Williamson | Bill Homan | Shelly Manne | Bob Envoldsen | Joe Maini | Ralph Pena | Joe Eger | Jimmy Giuffre | Vince de Rosa | Duane Tatro

Searching for Tatro's name among the standard jazz reference books produces slim reward; his name is only mentioned once, in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2019

Kino Trio: Il Cielo Sopra Berlino

Riccardo Chiaberta | Michale Tacchi | Bruno Heinen

The Kino Trio pledges allegiance to the cinema by virtue of its name, while the album takes its inspiration from...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2019