Dirk Serries/Colin Webster: Gargoyles

Belgian guitarist Serries and Londonbased saxophonist Webster are both champions of their respective instrument's experimental sonic extensions and use them...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Alam Khan: Immersion

Alam Khan | Indranil Mallick | Benjamin Araki

Immersion's packaging is Spartan or, if that's the way your tastes tend, minimalist. Its music, though, oozes sumptuousness – it's...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: August/2018

Rempis/Piet/Daisy: Throw Tomatoes

Vandermark 5 saxophonist Dave Rempis heads a Chicagoan free jazz trio romp with Matt Piet and Tim Daisy on a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Dexter Gordon Quartet: Tokyo 1975

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Espen Rud | Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath | Kenny Drew | Ronnie Mathews | Dexter Gordon | Louis Hayes | Stafford James

This is a potent reminder of Gordon’s musical strength during the decade and a half when he was based in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2018

Gordon Beck Quartet: When Sunny Gets Blue: Spring 68 Sessions Featuring Joy Marshall

Tony Oxley | Joy Marshall | Jeff Clyne | Gordon Beck | John McLaughlin

It's possible to argue that in many ways some of pianist Gordon Beck’s finest playing was during the three years...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Orcastratum

Pianist Glenn Scott has an enviable indie/R&B-pop sideman CV, but here in a quartet that includes Neville Malcolm and drummer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Monika Herzig: Sheroes

Rosa Avila | Jennifer Vincent | Ada Rovatti | Jamie Baum | Leni Stern | Ingrid Jensen | Monika Herzig | Reu Regev | Mayra Casales

The German-born pianist-composer Monika Herzig's Sheroes boasts a female cast of international class instrumentalists. It's the follow-up to Herzig's similarly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Woody Shaw: Tokyo 1981

Jimmy Woode | Dizzy Reece | Tony Reedus | Mulgrew Miller | Kenny Drew | Johnny Griffi | Steve Turre | Woody Shaw | Slide Hampton | Nathan Davis

The Shaw quintet that plays six of the seven tracks on this CD is his last regular working group, and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2018

Fred Lonberg-Holm: Bow Hard At The Frog

Various Amphibians | Fred Lonberg-Holm

First the esteemed double-bassist Barry Guy gets all froggy for Trost and now this? Just what is it with these...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2018

HUM!: Live At Club St-Germain-Des-Prés

Humair, Urtreger and Michelot (HUM!) was the state-of-the-art jazz piano trio in Paris in 1960-61, with all three participants delighting...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2018