Burak Bedikyan: New Beginning

A fairly recent arrival in New York, the Istanbul-born pianist-composer Burak Bedikyan hits the sweet spot alongside local straightahead stalwarts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Kate Westbrook: Granite

Billie Bottle | Coach York | Matthew North | Kate Westbrook | Mike Westbrook | Roz Harding | Jesse Molins

Granite is an evocation of all things granitic as found amid the unforgiving Dartmoor landscape. Granite could be seen as...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2019

Joachim Kün: Melodic Ornette Coleman

Joachim Kün

Between 1995 and 2000, Kühn played 16 duo concerts with Ornette Coleman, plus recorded Colors: Live from Leipzig in 1996....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019

Alfredo Rodriguez/Pedrito Martinez: Duologue

Pedrito Martinez | Alfredo Rodriguez

Quincy Jones, co-producing and executive producing, knows a winning combo when he hears one, and this couple of Cubanos –...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2019

John Abercrombie: Night

Jan Hammer | Mike Brecker | John Abercrombie | Jack DeJohnette

By 1975, the New York guitarist John Abercrombie was escaping the fusion-virtuoso stereotype he had acquired with Billy Cobham’s band...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2019

Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey with Jüg Frey & Alfred Zimmerlin: Zeit

Jüg Frey | Alfred Zimmerlin | Peter K Frey | Daniel Studer

Peter K. Frey and Daniel Studer have been working together as a duo for 20 years; Zeit celebrates this milestone...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2019

Kenny Wheeler: Double, Double You

Dave Holland | Mike Brecker | John Taylor | Jack DeJohnette | Kenny Wheeler

This reissue recaptures a wonderful session for an all-star Kenny Wheeler-led 1983 quintet – wonderful not just for its typically...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2019

John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell

Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Kenny Burrell | Art Taylor | John Coltrane | Tommy Flanagan | Red Garland

The Jazz Images label’s Francis Wolff Series recycles pictures, often previously unseen, taken by the legendary co-owner of Blue Note...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2019

Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Tokyo: Kikoeru

The 60-year-old Japanese pianist-composer Satoko Fujii’s Orchestra Tokyo pays tribute to fellow compatriot and saxophonist Masaya Kimura, who passed away...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Adam Pache feat. Jeremy Pelt: Where You Fly

This Rome-based drummer swings brightly on an engaging session in which trumpeter Jeremy Pelt takes a central role. Influences range...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019