Art Ensemble of Chicago: We Are On The Edge: 50th Anniversary Celebration

Tomeka Reid | Roscoe Mitchell | Nicole Mitchell | Junius Paul | Fred Berry | Dudu Kouaté | Enoch Williams | Silvia Bolognesi | Jaribu Shahid | Hugh Ragin

As the subtitle makes clear this is a celebration of a grand milestone for the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2019

Charlie Parker Quintet with Miles Davis: Complete Studio Masters

Tommy Potter | Max Roach | Bud Powell | Nelson Boyd | Miles Davis | Walter Bishop Jr. | Charlie Parker | John Lewis | Curly Russell | Duke Jordan

The operative word here is “masters” – in other words, the originally issued sides from nine quintet sessions and a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2019

Jim Snidero: Waves Of Calm

Jim Snidero | Orrin Evans | Jeremy Pelt | Nat Reeves | Jonathan Barber

Alto-saxophonist Jim Snidero's previous album, the outgoing and soulful Jubilation, celebrated the legacy of a key influence, Cannonball Adderley. This...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2019

Infinite Spirit Music: Live Without Fear

Aye Aton | Ka T' Etta Aton | Soji Adebayo | Kahil El Zabar | Ibo | ‘Light’ Henry Huff | Mchaka Uba

Last year's sumptuous Rendell-Carr box set was a jewel in Jazzman's crown, but the leading reissue label and curator of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2019

Kate Williams' Four Plus Three Meets Georgia Mancio: Finding Home

Oli Hayhurst | John Garner | Kate Williams | John Williams | Francis Gallagher | David Ingamells | Marie Schreer | Sergio Serra | Georgia Mancio

Williams has worked and recorded with a string quartet before and builds valuably on that experience on this engaging new...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2019

Etta Jones: A Soulful Sunday

Billy Higgins | Etta Jones | Sam Jones | Cedar Walton

Zev Feldman, of the justly celebrated archival specialists Resonance Records, is the co-partner in Reel to Real with Cory Weeds...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2019

Miles Davis & Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else

Hank Jones | Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Cannonball Adderley | Sonny Stitt | Sam Jones | Art Blakey

First of all, the billing is something else – this was Cannonball's session and his was the credit, with the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2019

Helge Lien Trio: 10

Per Oddvar Johansen | Helge Lien | Mats Eilertsen

Lien is a formidably talented pianist who, like Tord Gustavsen before him, emerged from Silje Nergaard's backing band. His impressive...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019

Herlin Riley: Perpetual Optimism

Emmet Cohen | Russell Hall | Bruce Harris | Goodwin Louis | Herlin Riley

If you want to stay angry, don't listen to this record. Raging storms have been known to dissipate and transform...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2019

Maja S.K. Ratkje: Sult

Sult is an absorbingly distinctive soundtrack, written by Ratkje for organ and vocal, for a Norwegian national ballet adaptation of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019