Steve Lacy: Stamps

Oliver Johnson | Steve Potts | Kent Carter | Irene Aebi | Steve Lacy

To hear the soprano sax legend’s superlative late 1970s quintet captured in its pomp, live at Willisau and Paris, is...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018

Jared Gold: Reemergence

Billy Hart | Dave Stryker | Jeremy Pelt | Jared Gold

Jared Gold's annual releases on the Posi-Tone label established him as a technically advanced organist whose fluent lines and precision...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2018

Stefano Bollani: Que Bom

As with his 2008 release BollaniCarioca, the extroverted Italian piano maestro serves up a diverse array of Brazilian flavours with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Sloth Racket: A Glorious Monster

Cath Roberts | Sam Andreae | Anton Hunter | Johnny Hunter | Seth Bennett

Sloth Racket are veterans of an improv scene forged between the north of England and leader Cath Roberts’ London home....

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2018

Beaver Harris/Don Pullen: 360º Experience: A Well Kept Secret

Buster Williams | Greg Williams | Don Pullen | Sharon Freeman | Hamiett Bluiett | Beaver Harris | Francis Haynes | Ricky Ford | Candido | Bill Warnick

This meeting between free-jazz drummer Beaver Harris and piano player Don Pullen is a forgotten classic that, thanks to the...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2018

Chip Wickham: Shamal Wind

Phil Wilkinson | Matthew Halsall | David el Indio | Chip Wickham | Ton Risco | Antonio Alvarez Pax | David Salvador | Gabri Casanova

Like the acid-flecked rock which has defined Liverpool for 40 years, Manchester’s empathy for spiritual jazz runs deep. The scene’s...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2018

The Mike Westbrook Concert Band: Last Night at the Old Place

Malcolm Griffiths | Bernie Living | Alan Jackson | Mike Osborne | Harry Miller | Dave Holdsworth | Paul Rutherford | John Surman | George Khan | Mike Westbrook

It may seem amazing that such an important document of British jazz history, the last night at Ronnie Scott’s ‘Old...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

David Helbock's Random Control: Tour d'Horizon

David Helbock | Johannes Bär | Andreas Broger

Helbock's 2016 debut on ACT with Into the Mystic with bass and drums accompaniment, though a little overlong and so...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Marcus Miller: Laid Black

Julian Miller | Alex Hex | Take 6 | Honey Larochelle | Caleb McCampbell | Marcus Miller | Cliff Barnes | Alex Bailey | Louis Cato | Adam Agati

If you couldn&t afford the remortgage required to catch him live at Ronnie's, Miller kicks off Laid Black with a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2018

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Gone With The Wind

Joe Morello | Paul Desmond | Eugene Wright | Dave Brubeck

Two albums for the price of one here, with the title session from 1959 combined with the highly-regarded Time Further...

Reviewed by Peter Vachre in issue: August/2018