Hugh Masakela: The Lasting Impression Of Hugh Masakela

Harold Dotson | Hugh Masakela | Henry Jenkins | Larry Willis

With the death of Hugh Masakela in January, we lost a genuine original and a true pioneer who helped to...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2018

Various Artists: J-Jazz Deep: Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1984

An intelligently selected primer of what was going on in Japan in a formative period for the nation's jazz, this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

The Louis Fragoroso Big Band: Loud and Live – The LFBB at the Sheboygan Arena

Louis Fragoroso

Louis Fragoroso was a small man with a very big sound. Very big. Long-serving saxophonist Bentley Drummond recalled, “Louis was...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: April/2018

Luca Sisera Roofer feat. Alexey Kruglov: Moscow Files

Led by the double-bassist Luca Sisera and including saxophonist Alexey Kruglov, a Swiss quintet twist and distort any idiomatic certainties...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band: Chinese Butterfly

Carlitos Del Puerto | Steve Gadd | Philip Bailey | Chick Corea | Steve Wilson | Lionel Loueke | Luisito Quintero

Chick Corea and Steve Gadd have history. In 1965, Corea briefly joined Chuck Mangione's band when Gadd was the drummer...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

Michael Wollny Trio Live: Wartburg

Emile Parisien | Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

The Leipzig-based pianist Michael Wollny has been the main attraction of the ACT label's stable of emerging German jazz musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Simon Phillips: Protocol 4

Dennis Hamm | Greg Howe | Ernest Tibbs | Simon Phillips

It must be such fun being Greg Howe, especially when given the space by Phillips to simply soar over the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2018

Kai Winding: Solo and Kai Olé

Dick Garcia | Tommy Check | Russell George | Milt Hinton | Doc Severinsen | Joe Newman | Jimmy Maxwell | Willie Rodriguez | Danny Bank | Billy Byers

The first appearance on CD of two Winding LPs from his period at Verve in the early 1960s, these were...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Alexander Hawkins/Elaine Mitchener Quartet: Uproot

Stephen Davis | Alexander Hawkins | Elaine Mitchener | Neil Charles

The Kings Place launch for this album is a frontrunner for notable 2018 gigs. A jointly led ensemble in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018

Oscar Peterson Trio: Canadian Keys

Not Canadian airshots, but from New York and the Newport Festival, this collates live shows from the year Barney Kessel...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018