Sam Leak/Dan Tepfer: Adrift

Sam Leak | Dan Tepfer

The pianist-composer Sam Leak made a big impression with his chamber-jazz quartet Aquarium's self-titled debut in 2011 and follow-up Places...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

TONUS: Cagean Morphology

Cath Roberts | Nils Vermeulen | Benedict Taylor | Colin Webster | Martina Verhoeven | Otto Willberg | George Hadow | Dirk Serries | Tom Ward | Jan Daelman

As the name of his New Wave Of Jazz CD label suggests, Belgian guitarist Dirk Serries has, in recent years,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2018

Perelman/Mahall: Kindred Spirits

Ivo Perelman | Jason Stein | Rudi Mahall

Saxophonist Perelman's decision to swap regular collaborators such as pianist Matthew Shipp, doublebassist William Parker and drummer Whit Dickey, for...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018

Bob James Trio: Espresso

Angela Scates | Mark Falchook | Bob James | Billy Kilson | Hugh Char | Michael Palazzalo | Dave Stewart | Luisito Quintero

Highly prolific on record, Bob James is usually described as a fusion specialist and as the king of pop/jazz and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2018

Black Art Jazz Collective: Armor Of Pride

Wayne Escoffery | Jeremy Pelt | Vincente Archer | Johnathan Blake | Xavier Davis | James Burton III

One of last year's most exciting recording debuts was that of BAJC on HighNote. In existence on and off since...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2018

James Francies: Flight

Mike Mitchell | Jeremy Dutton | Burniss Traviss | James Francies | Mike Moreno | Joel Ross

Heard to good effect on Stefon Harris' latest album, Sonic Creed, young pianist Francies makes a solid debut here. It...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018

Dizzy Gillespie/Dave Brubeck: Live at Newport

For Gillespie fans the prospect of three tracks from Have Trumpet Will Excite plus an extended blues played by the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart: All About That Basie

Doug Miller | Gleave Guyton Jr | Ricky Woodard | Jon Faddis | Mike Williams | Ray Nelson II | Jamie Davis | Kris Johnson | Bobby Floyd | Randy Waldman

The Basie band has gone through a number of incarnations in the years since his death in 1984, of which...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Bill Evans Trio: The Classic Trio 1959-61

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro

I'm losing count of how many times I've reviewed some or all of this material, since it achieved public domain...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2018

Get the Blessing: Bristopia

Pete Judge | Jim Barr | Adrian Utley | Clive Deamer | Margerethe Bjorklund | Jake McMurchie

Even as the BBC Jazz Award for best album was handed to them in 2008, Get the Blessing felt like...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2018