Eddie Prévost/John Butcher: Visionary Fantasies

John Butcher | Eddie Prévost

The coming together of saxophonist John Butcher and drummer/percussionist Eddie Prévost in action is always exciting, but on this particular...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Feb/2019

Randy Brecker & Mats Holmquist With UMO Jazz Orchestra: Together

Mikel Ulfberg | Ville Vannemaa | Juho Viljanen | Janne Toivonen | Heikki Tuhkanene | Randy Brecker | Tero Saarti | Juho Kivivuori | Max Zenger | Teemu Salminen

The accurate phrasing and dynamic range of Finland’s disciplined UMO Jazz Orchestra bring to life the episodic narratives of Mats...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Feb/2019

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra: Concerts in Miniature Volume 21-24

Tony Ferina | Stan Kenton | Dave Schildkraut | Don Bagley | Don Smith | Vic Minichiello | Lee Konitz | Sal Salvador | Bill Dockstader | Keith Moon

Few bands apart from Ellington have had such day by day, week by week documentation of their activities as Stan...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Kenny Werner: The Space

Kenny Werner

The name of Werner’s latest album derives from a chapter in his famous self-help book Effortless Mastery, whereby ‘the space’...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Feb/2019

Jimmy Smith: Four Classic Albums

This is Smith at the height of his powers on Blue Note between 1957 and 1960, and with the larger...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Hexagonal: McCoy & Mseleku

Simon Thorpe | Quentin Collins | Graeme Flowers | John Donaldson | Jason Yarde | Tristan Banks | Greg Heath

An imaginative meeting of the spirits, so to speak. Pianist-arranger John Donaldson’s tribute to two inspirational pianists drawn from different...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019

Anna Maria Jopek & Branford Marsalis: Ulotne

Krzysztof Herdzin | Mino Cinélu | Atom String Quartet | Branford Marsalis | Anna Maria Jopek | Robert Kubiszyn

Anna Maria Jopek and Branford Marsalis’s musical relationship stretches all the way back to Jopek’s 2002 album ID, but Ulotne...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Feb/2019

Mark Lockheart: Days On Earth

Liam Noble | John Parricelli | Mark Lockheart | Seb Rochford | John Ashton Thomas | Tom Herbert | Alice Leggett

In scale and ambition, Days On Earth is tenor saxophonist Mark Lockheart’s magnum opus. It’s an impressive achievement in both...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019

Tessa Souter: Picture In Black And White

Keita Ogawa | Dana Leong | Yasushi Nakamura | Adam Platt | Billy Drummond | Tessa Souter | Yotam Silberstein

As you might expect from a protégé of the late, great Mark Murphy, the London-born, New York-based vocalist Tessa Souter...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Feb/2019

Ralph Peterson's Aggregate Prime: Inward Venture

Gary Thomas | Mark Whitfield | Curtis Lundy | Ralph Peterson | Davis Whitfield

Drummer Peterson is one of those musicians who is held in the greatest respect by his peers but remains relatively...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019