Gilad Hekselman: ZuperOctave

Aaron Parks | Kendrick Scott | Gilad Hekselman

This album – recorded as part of the ‘musig im pflegidach’ series at the titular Muri venue in Switzerland –...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2019

Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells

Burniss Travis | Justin Tyson | Aaron Burnett | Esperanza Spading | Matthew Stevens

Previously available solely to stream and now receiving a physical release on both CD and LP – and featuring an...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2019

Andrew McCormack: Graviton: The Calling

Andrew McCormack | Joshua Blackmore | Josh Arcoleo | Noemi Nuti | Tom Herbert | Robin Mullarkey

Andrew McCormack's early-2000s introduction to the UK jazz scene came via Gary Crosby's and Janine Irons' game-changing Tomorrow's Warriors –...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2019

Frank Harrison and Brigitte Beraha: The Way Home

Enzo Zirilli | Brigitte Beraha | Patrick Betterson | Frank Harrison

This charming chamber jazz project foregrounds the pianistic lyricism of Frank Harrison and the ethereal vocals of multilingual singer Brigitte...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2019

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra/Marilyn Crispell/Evan Parker: Parallel Moments Unbroken 1 & 2

Robert Henderson | Atzi Muramatsu | Maggie Nicols | Armin Sturm | Raymond MacDonald | Neil Davidson | Catriona McKay | Adam Linson | Kyalo Searle-Mbullu | Una MacGlone

Since their launch in 2002, the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (GIO) have steadily refined the delicate balance of big-line-up free-improv and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2019

Dexter Gordon: At The Subway Club 1973

Jimmy Woode | Tony Inzalaco | Henk Haverhoek | George Gruntz | Cees Slinger | Maarten Van Regeteren Altena | Dexter Gordon | Irv Rochlin | Martin Van Duyhoven | Stu Martin

Bit of a tail-wagging-the-dog feel to this one by Dexter. Indeed, it's rather unfortunate that material intended as ‘bonus tracks’...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2019

Alex Koo/Mark Turner/Ralph Alessi: Apple Blue Sea Green

Apparently this is the first time the influential Turner and Alessi have played together. Here they are with young Belgian-Japanese...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Anöna Trio: One January Morning

Julian Nicholas | Mark Edwards | Imogen Ryall

From its opening track, in which vocalist Imogen Ryall and sax player Julian Nicholas soar in unison over Mark Edwards'...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2019

Dave Liebman + Richie Beirach: Eternal Voices

Richie Beirach | Dave Liebman

Liebman and Beirach's musical association dates back to the 1970s and the band Quest, which provided the perfect vehicle for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Count Basie: Swinging The Blues

Harry Edison | Dickie Wells | Butch Ballard | Benny Morton | Gerald Wilson | Dan Minor | Illinois Jacquet | Singleton Palmer | Al Killian | Count Basie

Back in the days of LPs, if you wanted a comprehensive history of the ‘Old Testament’ Basie band on record,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019