Hackney Colliery Band: Collaborations: Volume One

Bugge Wesseltoft, Pete Wareham and Mulatu Astatke are among the guests making their presence felt soloing with a decade-old East...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Theo Croker: Star People Nation

Eric Lewis | Theo Croker | Rose Gold | Eric Wheeler | Irwin Hall | Kassa Overall | Chronixx | Michael King | Eric Harland

Trumpeter Croker has always been vocal about the substantial influence the late Roy Hargrove exerted on him, and this interesting...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

Sarah Jane Morris: Sweet Little Mystery: The Songs of John Martyn

Sarah Jane Morris | Henry Thomas | Martyn Barker | Tim Cansfeld | Jason Rebello | Tony Rémy

From its supremely inventive arrangements and complete reinvention of the source material, to the irresistible sweep of the performances and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2019

Tom Syson: Different Coloured Days

Pete Hutchinson | Jonathan Silk | Tom Barford | Tom Syson | David Ferris

Tom Syson, the trumpet lead in the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, opened his account as leader in an assertive manner with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Helen Merrill: Four Classic Albums

Still with us at the time of writing (89 this month), this is Helen Merrill on peak form from 1954-59,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Be Known: Ancient/Future/Music

Corey Wilkes | Ian Maksin | Kahil El Zabar | Alex Hardng

Though less well known than some of his fellow AACM alumni, percussionist-vocalist-composer Kahil El Zabar is a seminal presence on...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

Harris Eisenstadt Old Growth Forest: II

A live recording of a free-jazz quartet that hasn't forgotten about groove, the Brooklyn-based drummer Eisenstadt's band boasts an engrossing,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

John Coltrane: Stardust

Freddie Hubbard | Jimmy Cobb | Wilbur Harden | Paul Chambers | Art Taylor | John Coltrane | Red Garland

We've reached a period where seemingly more attention is being paid to the works of Coltrane than to the great...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2019

Jay Anderson: Deepscape

The New York resident bassist has worked at a high level in jazz since the 1980s. His sextet here covers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Jameszoo with Metropole Orkest: Melkweg

Richard Spaven | John Dikeman | Frank Wienk | Jameszoo | Jules Buckley | Metropole Orkest | Niels Broos

“Naïve computer jazz” is how Mitchel van Dinther, aka Jameszoo, describes his music, and indeed his 2016 debut Fool, on...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2019