Album Interview: Alan Barnes: Alan Barnes + Eleven

Gordon Campbell | Robin Aspland | Mark Nightingale | Sam Burgess | Andy Panayi | Mick Foster | James Copus | Pat White | Alan Barnes | Howard McGill

Barnes tags this album as his ‘60th Birthday Celebration – New Takes on Tunes from '59’. Having selected 11 pieces...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2019

Terje Rypdal & The Chasers: Blue

Audun Kleive | Bjorn Kjellemyr | Terje Rypdal

You can hear the Hedvig Mollestad Trio purring at this reissue: as ever this is an ECM no frills revisit,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2019

Rob Cope: Gods of Apollo

Rob Luft | Jon Ormston | Rob Cope | Elliot Galvin

Moon-shots had become routine by the time Gene Cernan walked on our satellite's surface in 1972, pottering about in the...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2019

Huw Warren Trio: Everything In Between

Zoot Warren | Dudley Phillips | Huw Warren

Huw Warren, the Welsh pianist-composer, has key influences so wide-ranging it's impossible to box him in. Among others, his work...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Brian Krock: Liddle

You might hear echoes of Tim Berne (whose pianist Matt Mitchell makes a noteworthy appearance here), Steve Coleman and Henry...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Mark Turner/Gary Foster: Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster

Putter Smith | Mark Turner | Gary Foster | Joe La Barbera

Although this live session is 16 years old it is nonetheless a notable entry in tenor saxophonist Mark Turner's large...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019

Burton Greene/Damon Smith/Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Life's Intense Mystery

Damon Smith | Ra Kalam Bob Moses | Burton Greene

Pianist Burton Greene was a prime mover in the very early days of New York's New Thing scene – forming...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2019

Zoe Francis: Blue Town

Following last year's Remembering Blossom Dearie, the London-based MOR jazz vocalist Zoe Francis sings unfussy time-honoured interpretations of a selection...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: The Call

Sabia Mateen | David Bryant | Jesse Sharps | Daa'oud Woods | Linda Hill | Roberto Miranda | Louis Spears | Everett Brown | Lester Robertson | Horace Tapscott

Pianist-composer-bandleader Tapscott was an iconic figure in west coast jazz who significantly paved the way for the likes of Dwight...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

StepsAhead: Steps Ahead

Michael Brecker | Eddie Gomez | Peter Erskine | Mike Mainieri | Eliane Elias

Steps Ahead was the first US release by the group Steps Ahead – having previously recorded three albums for the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019