Modern Jazz Quartet: The Early Years – 1952-56

Culled from five albums, this is a good 2CD tour through the MJQ in its early prime, with the switch...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2019

Fred Hersch & The WDR Big Band: Begin Again

Vince Mendoza | WDR Big Band | Fred Hersch

Recorded before the massive changes to the jazz programming at WDR that began in April this year with a cull...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019

David Torn: Cloud About Mercury

Tony Levin | David Torn | Mark Isham | Bill Bruford

Guitarist David Torn was a key member of Jan Garbarek's quartet in the mid-1980s, around the same time he cut...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2019

Dave Douglas/Uri Caine/Andrew Cyrille: Devotion

Andrew Cyrille | Uri Caine | Dave Douglas

A longstanding partnership between trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Uri Caine is supplemented by drummer Andrew Cyrille, making for a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

Steve Kuhn: Trance

Steve Kuhn | Jack DeJohnette | Sue Evans | Steve Swallow

This welcome release brings back into the catalogue Kuhn's most loved album. By the time it was recorded, the former...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Ben Webster/Coleman Hawkins: Ben Webster Meets Coleman Hawkins

Herb Ellis | Oscar Peterson | Coleman Hawkins | Alvin Stoller | Ray Brown | Ben Webster | Stan Levey

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD thought the headlining session, heard here, one where each man “seem[s] to be...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2019

Alex Hitchcock Quintet: All Good Things

Jay Davis | Alex Hitchcock | James Copus | Will Barry | Joe Downard

Among the artists Jordi Pujol's Barcelona-based indie label, Fresh Sound New Talent, has been quietly introducing to the jazz world...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Classic 1956 Sessions

Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | John Coltrane | Philly Joe Jones | 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

Q3: The Monkey Puzzle Tree

A competent showing from Cambridge-based pianist-composer Martin Hallmark's band Q3; featuring sax veteran Kevin Flanagan. It's a not unenjoyable mix...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Ramsey Lewis: The Early Years 1956-59

Covering five-and-a-half years before the trio's big hit with In Crowd, this charts Ramsey's initial development well and brings together...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2019