John Taylor Trio: Deciphe

Tony Levin | John Taylor | Chris Laurence

Nearly 50 years ago, the Germans were quick to recognise emerging British talent – no doubt partly because of their...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2018

Eric Dolphy: Berlin Concerts

Eric Dolphy | Pepsi Auer | George Joyner | Buster Smith | Benny Bailey

Only issued for the first time in 1990, this is actually the earliest evidence of Dolphy’s brief 1961 visit to...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2018

Dr Lonnie Smith: All In My Mind

Joe Dyson | Jonathan Kreisberg | Jonathan Blake | Alicia Olatuja | Dr Lonnie Smith

One of the great Hammond organists in addition to the mighty Jimmys (Smith and McGriff), the Doctor made several essential...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Maciek Pysz/Daniele Di Bonaventura: Coming Home

The impressionistic world-jazz London-based Polish acoustic guitarist Maciek Pysz and Italian tango-influenced bandoneon/pianist, a longtime associate of Paulo Fresu, converge...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Sonar with David Torn: Vortex

Ugonna Okegwo | David Kikoski | Kush Abadey | Wyne Escoffery | Ralph Peterson | Jeremy Pelt | Jacquelene Acevedo

Three electric guitars in one band is normally a no-go for the sane among us, but Sonar’s King Crimson-ish post-rock...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Melvin Sparks: I'm Funky Now

Melvin Sparks

Guitarist Sparks was one of the great discoveries of the ‘Acid Jazz’ years, a purveyor of a particularly tough, gritty...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Daniel Biro: 120 Onetwenty

The London-based keyboardist-composer Daniel Biro’s new CD 120 Onetwenty is a jazz-free zone; it’s aimed at another kind of niche...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Album Interview: Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6

Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | John Coltrane

Having recorded Giant Steps in March and December 1959, John Coltrane was poised to leave the Miles Davis Quintet to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Kirk Lightsey/Harold Danko: Shorter By Two

Harold Danko | Kirk Lightsey

This was a pleasantly unexpected concept when it appeared in the mid-1980s, and seems to have had very few follow-ups....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2018

David Liebman/Tatsuya Nakatani/Adam Rudolph: The Unknowable

Adam Rudolph | David Liebman | Tatsuya Nakatani

Dave Liebman has never stopped growing as an artist, harshly self-critical, he is a player constantly seeking to improve, an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018