J. R. Monterose/Charlie Rouse/Don Wilkerson/Fred Jackson: Tenor Sax: Four Classic Albums

Another of Avid's curious anthologies (see the piano one reviewed above) that demotes some fi ne records to the appearance...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018

Evan Parker/Barry Guy/ Paul Lytton: Music For David Mossman: Live At Vortex London

Barry Guy | Evan Parker | Paul Lytton

The title's dedicatee, David Mossman, was the founder of the Vortex live music venue in east London, which, as Evan...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2018

Maria Monti: ll Bestiario

Luca Balbo | Tony Ackerman | Alvin Curran | Maria Monti | Steve Lacy | Roberto Lanieri

As a former cabaret singer and actress on the silver screen with roles in the films of Sergio Leone and...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: June/2018

Howard Riley: Listen To Hear

The veteran English pianist's playful charm and deceptively naïve craft are in evidence on this solo piano recording that's another...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Aketi Ray: From Ever Since

Tom Mason | Virgil Howe | Rob Shipster | Niko Rouger | Mikolaj Gorecki | Darren McCarthy | Kevin Robinson | Danny White

The directive to ‘file under dub-jazz’ makes the premise of this work clear enough, but further dedications to the likes...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2018

Duke Ellington: Meets Coleman Hawkins

Aaron Bell | Sam Woodyard | Harry Carney | Duke Ellington | Coleman Hawkins | Ray Nance | Lawrence Brown | Johnny Hodges

This is one of the great Ellington small group sessions for Impulse!. Yet it's important to note that Impulse! themselves...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018

Anat Cohen & Fred Hersch: Live in Healdsburg

Anat Cohen | Fred Hersch

Things never get too serious or heavy-sounding on this live recording, which marks the duo debut of clarinetist Anat Cohen...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2018

Various Artists: Spiritual Jazz Vol. 8 Japan: Parts I & II

Charlie Mariano | Minoru Muraoka | Keitaro Miho | Four Units | Yoshio Ikeda | Mitsuaki Kanno | Sada Watanabe | Toshiko Akiyoshi

Jazzman stands tall among ‘serious crate diggers’, and this series is one of the label's crowning glories. Like all sub-genres,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2018

Josh Lawrence & Color Theory: Contrast

This young trumpeter's sextet's polished mix of Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop and a little hip hop is infused with an easy-going...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra: Without a Trace

A 10-year-old NYC big band in the post-Thad Jones lineage with a progressive harmonic approach (there's a 12-tone row piece,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018