Poogie Bell Band: Exhibition Continues

Calling Poogie Bell a top session drummer does him a big disservice, as his longstanding partnership with Marcus Miller attests....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Ben Markley Quartet featuring Greg Osby: Basic Economy

Ben Markley | Greg Osby | Dru Heller | Evan Gregor

Ben Markley's name probably won't be familiar to readers. He's from Denver, Colorado and gained rave reviews for Clockwise, his...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2018

Michael Gibbs/Gary Burton: Festival 69

Chris Pyne | Gary Burton | Dick Hart | John Marshall | Tony Roberts | Frank Ricotti | Bill Goodwin | Mike Osborne | Rodney Teal | Alan Skidmore

When these 1969 live recordings were made, the composer and trombonist Michael Gibbs had left his birthplace in what was...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2018

Anders Aarum: Shakin' Our Souls

The Norwegian pianist-keyboardist is your typical atypical Norwegian jazz musician knowing no musical boundaries and his latest album, with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Charlie Wood: Tomorrow Night

Charlie Wood

It's always a pleasure to hear new music by the Memphisborn, London-based singer, songwriter and pianist Charlie Wood and Tomorrow...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2018

Howard McCrary: Moments Like This

With a smooth voice, and a sophisticated blues piano style, Ohio-born Howard McCrary was a star on the 1990s Birmingham...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

VWCR: Noise Of Our Time

Sylvie Courvoisier | Nate Wooley | Tom Rainey | Ken Vandermark

Chicago reeds flamethrower Ken Vandermark can be a fearsomely uncompromising free-improviser, but his resourcefulness as a comparably powerful composer both...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2018

Bill Hitz/Greig McRitchie: Music for this Swingin’ Age/Easy Jazz on a Fish Beat Bass

Back to the West Coast in 1956 for another pairing of lesser-known studio big bands, one led by the agile...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Bansangu Orchestra

Paul Booth | Rod Youngs | Satin Singh | Richard Henry | Ryan Quigley | Giorgio Serci | Alex Wilson | Seckou Keita | Steve Fishwick | Edwin Sanz

Bansangu are a talent-packed world-music big band – co-founded by energetic UK session-saxophonist sessionsaxophonist Paul Booth, Sardinian guitarist Giorgio Serci...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2018

Gene Segal: Transformation

If it's a hard swinging post-bop jazz recording you're after, you won't find too many at the top level of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018