Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares: Aguas

Yillian Canizares | Inor Sotolongo | Omar Sosa

Keyboardist-producer Omar Sosa’s pursuit of new pathways in Cuban music has led to interesting collaborations over the years, and this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019

Don Byron/Aruán Ortiz: Random Dances And (A) Tonalities

Don Byron | Aruán Ortiz

Cuban pianist Ortiz’s strong run of recent releases continues with this duet that features clarinetistsaxophonist Byron, who has not been...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019

Joe Locke: Subtle Disguise

Lorin Cohen | Adam Rogers | Joe Locke | David Binney | Alina Engibaryan | Jim Ridl | Samvel Sarkisyan | Raul Midón

The 59-year-old New York-based vibraphonist Joe Locke is not a musician that’s ever on-trend or part of a so-called cutting-edge,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Whose Hat is This?: Everything's OK

Formed from Tedeschi Trucks Band, Whose Hat is This? features bassist Tim LeFebvre, saxophonist Kebbi Williams and semi-rapper/vocalist Koyaki. This,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Paul Chambers: Four Classic Albums

Not enough attention is paid these days to Chambers, doubtless because he was so ubiquitous and so straightahead. The innovations...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Elio Villafranca: Cinqué

Wynton Marsalis | Ricky Rodriguez | Jonathan Troncoso | Vincent Herring | Lewis Nash | Miguel Valdes | Greg Tardy | Alexander Lasalle | Arturo Stable | Don Vappie

To call this ambitious might risk implying some kind of noble failure, but its highly successful realisation minimises the implied...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Feb/2019

Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra: Down A Rabbit Hole

The first recording for over a decade from Inserto, a Singapore-born US resident and protégé of the Bob Brookmeyer Jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Ahmad Jamal: Complete Live At The Spotlite Club

Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Vernell Fournier

These 27 club tracks – and the three studio singles that preceded them – were the Argo label’s immediate response...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Feb/2019

James Taylor Quartet: Soundtrack From Electric Black

Andrew McKinney | Pat Illingworth | Phil Todd | The English Session Orchestra | Gareth Lockrane | Mark Cox | James Taylor | Tim Garland

James Taylor’s yearning for more than ‘Starsky and Hutch’ was realised with 2013’s The Rochester Mass, which brought Acid Jazz...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Feb/2019

Oscar Peterson: Motions and Emotions

Sam Brown | Claus Ogerman | Oscar Peterson | Bob Durham

When Oscar Peterson moved to the MPS label in the late 1960s, producer (and owner) Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer sought to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019