Leo Richardson Quartet: The Chase

Leo Richardson | Mark Lewandowski | Ed Richardson | Rick Simpson | Quentin Collins | Alan Skidmore

The back end of the inner sleeve quotes John Coltrane: “You've got to look back at the old things and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2017

To Be Continued: Poetry From The Future

Carol Liebowitz | Kevin Norton | Claire De Brunner | Daniel Carter

To Be Continued comprises four musicians playing 11 instruments between them. The rich textural palette offered by woodwinds, brass, piano...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2017

Thelonious Monk: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960

Thelonious Monk | Charlie Rouse | Sam Jones | Barney Wilen | Art Taylor

The chance finding of tapes held by the late music producer Marcel Romano in 2014 has enabled Monk's soundtrack recordings...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2017

Bugge Wesseltoft: Everybody Loves Angels

Bugge Wesseltoft

The keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft reactivated his game-changing jazztronica New Conception of Jazz for its 20th anniversary last year, in the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

The Urban Renewal Project: 21st Century Ghost

Coming across more as an update on ‘Kids from Fame’ than the West Coast Get Down, this is nevertheless a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Jamie Reynolds: Grey Mirror

The New York-based Canadian pianist-composer pitches concise choir-like arrangements for brass quartet The Westerlies against a minimalist chamber jazz trio,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Nat King Cole Trio: Zurich 1950

Irving Ashby | Joe Comfort | Nat King Cole | Jack Costanzo

Cole's 1950 European tour had opened in the UK to mixed reviews. Commentators and audiences found his vocals too saccharine...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2017

Marek Jakubowski Trio: My Own…

A young Polish trio drawing on African and folk traditions for their simple reflective themes but lacking some intensity, especially...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams

Django Bates | Dave Holland | Anouar Brahem | Jack DeJohnette

Those who took Tunisian oudist Brahem's beautiful 1998 album Thimar to their hearts might show some love for this release...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2017

Adrian Cunningham: Jazz Speak

This New York-based Aussie reedsman mixes originals with jazz standards and rock faves in a largely derivative quartet setting that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017