The Lightmen: Free As You Wanna Be

Ronnie Laws | Doug Harris | Carl Adams | Bubba Thomas | Joe Singleton | Mike O'Connor | Kenny Abair | William Jefferies | Ed Rose

Houston may be synonymous with hard-honking horn players and heavy duty R'B but it's worth remembering that neighboring Fort Worth...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2018

Roz Harding/Mike Outram/Jim Bashford: Supermood

Besides his prolific chronicling of the international avant-garde, Leo label head Leo Feigin occasionally develops more traditional-rooted young jazz acts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy & More LIVE

As part of a US tour, the self-styled sex icon of jazz-rock revisits his successful Elegant Gypsy album from 1977,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Rare collectables and forgotten gems yet to be reissued: Secret Oyster

Bo Thrige Andersen | Claus Bøhling | Kenneth Knudsen | Karsten Vogel | Mads Vinding

OK, so this debut by Danish prog-fusion monsters appeared briefly on CD in the States a decade ago but with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2018

Vincent Peirani: Living Being II – Night Walker

Yoann Serra | Valentin Liechti | Vincent Peirani | Tony Paeleman | Émile Parisien | Julien Herné

There is something of an X-factor about Vincent Peirani's playing. He has such an individual conception that he manages to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2018

Don Ellis: The Lost Tapes Vol. 2

Fred Selden | Don Ellis | Milcho Leviev | Sam Falzone | Tom Buffam | Jim Sawyer

This CD follows on from Don Ellis Vol. 1 Lost Tapes ‘Live in India’, the material gleaned from live personal...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2018

Freddie Hubbard: Gleam

Freddie Hubbard | Carl Burnett | Buck Clarke | Carl Randall | Henry Franklin | George Cables

While the run of fine studio albums that marked Hubbard's mid-1970s fusion years is rightly celebrated by fans, a couple...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2018

Mark Turner/Ethan Iverson: Temporary Kings

Ethan Iverson | Mark Turner

Both are members of the splendid Billy Hart Quartet; Mark Turner, an influential contemporary jazz saxophonist originally from LA, has...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Otis Sandsjö: Y-OTIS

Tilo Weber | Elias Stemeseder | Otis Sandsjö | Frans Petter Eldh

If you tipped the free jazz and electronica sections of your music collection into a jacuzzi, with a couple of...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2018

Stanley Turrentine: Sugar/Gilberto with Turrentine/Salt Song plus Bonus Tracks

Dom Um Romão | Paul Gershman | Freddie Hubbard | Julius Brand | Russell George | Hubert Laws | Gene Bertoncini | Brenda Bryant | Sivuca | Charles McCracken

Hard on the heels of the three Ramsey Lewis sets on BGO comes this collection of Stanley Turrentine's early forays...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2018