Jerry Bergonzi: The Seven Rays

Anders Morgensen | Phil Grenadier | Carl Winther | Johnny Aman | Jerry Bergonzi

This is the second set of originals saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi recorded in Massachusetts, with his Danish rhythm section, in March...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2019

Philip Bailey: Love Will Find a Way

Earth, Wind & Fire's original vocalist pays warm tribute to soul music heroes Curtis and Marvin with the gloss of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Stan Getz: Stan Getz Plays The Blues

Harry Edison | JJ Johnson | Shelly Manne | Billy Higgins | Roy Eldridge | Gerry Mulligan | Stan Getz | Count Basie | Herb Ellis | Al Haig

Another Acrobat compilation, another Simon Spillett multi-page essay. Both welcome, of course, for Getz's sound and methodology never fail to...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2019

Louis Armstrong: Fireworks

This is a 21-track compilation of Armstrong's late 1928 sides, under his or Carroll Dickerson's name, but out of chronological...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019

Tierney Sutton Band: ScreenPlay

The eight-time Grammy-nominated Joni-influenced singer puts her versatile interpretative skillset to the test on movie soundtrack titles from across the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Wayne Horvitz European Orchestra: Live At The Bimhuis

Zeno de Rossi | Eric Boeren | John Dikeman | Wolter Wierbos | Danilo Gallo | Silke Eberhard | Wayne Horvitz | Luca Calabrese | Alexander Hawkins | Edoardo Marrafa

Composer Wayne Horvitz notes that he first invented these variations on his friend Butch Morris' ‘conduction’ methods to get the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2019

Kevin Mackenzie: The Ballad of Future Joe

Mario Caribé | Kevin McKenzie | Alyn Cosker

From Trio AAB and Julian Argüelles through to the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Kevin Mackenzie has played a significant role...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Elliot Galvin: Modern Times

Tom McCredie | Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin

The 28-year-old award-winning pianist Elliot Galvin switches to a stripped-down, purely acoustic model for Modern Times, his fourth piano trio...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Thelonious Monk: Genius Of Modern Music

Percy Heath | Billy Smith | Max Roach | Thelonious Monk | Bob Paige | Sonny Rollins | Nelson Byrd | Gene Ramey | Paul Chambers | Idrees Sulieman

This is classic stuff, highlighting Monk's first six sessions under his own name and thus his debut versions of ‘‘Round...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2019

Various Artists: On the Corner Live: The Music of Miles Davis

Victor Wooton | Jeff Coffin | James Dasilva | Chester Thompson | Chris Walters | Dave Liebman

Recorded live in the Nashville venue 3rd & Lindsley the legacy of Miles Davis still provides musicians old enough to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019