Azar Lawrence: Elementals

Greg Poree | Azar Lawrence | John Barnes | Marvin Smith | Munyungo Jackson | Oren Waters | Jeff Littleton | Benito Gonzales

The American saxophonist first came to critical notice playing on McCoy Tyner's 1973 Milestone album, Enlightenment, and went on to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2018

McClenty Hunter Jr: The Groove Hunter

Stacy Dillard | McClenty Hunter Jr | Corcoran Holt | Eric Wheeler | Dave Stryker | Donald Harrison | Eddie Henderson | Christian Sands | Eric Reed

Drummer McClenty Hunter Jr knows all about the groove roots of hard bop – he started out in gospel music,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018

Espen Berg Trio: Bølge

Bárður Reinert Poulsen | Simon Olderskog Albertsen | Espen Berg

I first saw Espen Berg a couple of years ago when he was with trumpeter Mathias Eick. It was a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018

Dr John, The Night Tripper/Dr John: Remedies/Desitively Bonnaroo

Arthur Neville | Leo Nocentelli | George Porter Jr. | Joseph Modeliste | Mark Colby | Allen Toussaint | Ken Faulkner | Jessie Hill | Cold Grits | Dr John

A decidedly mixed two-fer-one, veering between Mac Rebennack's Night Tripper persona on Remedies and a funksome New Orleans vibe on...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2018

Album Interview: Brad Mehldau Trio: Seymour Reads The Constitution!

Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier | Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau's teasing talent for setting a mood of fascinating expectation and then unhurriedly revealing its multiple implications has been...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018

Charles Mingus: The Clown + Pithecanthropus Erectus

Willie Jones | Mal Waldron | Shafi Hadi | Jimmy Knepper | Charles Mingus | Jean Shepherd | J.R. Monterose | Dannie Richmond | Jackie McLean | Wade Legge

If Mingus Ah Um (see Jazzwise 230) was a summation of what Mingus had achieved thus far, this combination of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2018

Tonbruket: Live Salvation

Andreas Werliin | Johan Lindstrom | Martin Hederos | Dan Berglund

The Swedish bassist Dan Berglund's Tonbruket's new ‘live’ album is recorded at Stuttgart's Bix Jazzclub and has a repertoire selected...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Hilario Durán: Contumbao

Hilario Durán | Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez | Francisco Amat | Jorge Reyes | Chucho Valdés | Jorge Luis Torre | Roberto Riveron | Brenda Navarette | Jorge Luis Valdés | Jose Luise Quintana

Hilario Durán is a don among Cuban jazz pianists, who while by no means untouchable, rank among the most rhythmic...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2018

Brubeck Brothers Quartet: Timeline

In marking the 60th anniversary of their dad's momentous Cold War tour around the globe (the topic for a recent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Various Artists: So Much, So Quickly: British Modern Jazz Pianists 1948-62

Tubby Hayes | Eddie Thompson | Graham Bond | Harry Klein | Dizzy Reece | Dudley Moore | Jimmy Deuchar | Victor Feldman | Stan Tracey | Tony Coe

Acrobat (with the aid of researcher-writer Simon Spillett) have done it again. Here's a 24-track compilation that just keeps giving....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2018