Henri Texier: Concert Anniversaire 30 Ans à la Maison de la Culture D'Amiens

Thomas de Pourquery | Edward Perraud | Michel Portal | Bojan Zulfi karpasic | Manu Codjia | Henri Texier

This all-star band met up for a 30th anniversary concert celebration for a label who's international profile at least has...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Bill Evans: Another Time: The Hilversum Concert

Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette

Suddenly, after nearly half-a-century with only one album from this short-lived line-up (At The Montreux Festival), Resonance has unearthed two...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2017

Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Steve Davis | Quincy Phillips | Christian McBride | Michael Dease | James Burton | Brandon Lee | Dan Pratt | Joe McDonough | Nabate Isles | Ron Blake

Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017

Album Interview: Lizz Wright: Grace

Jay Bellerose | Lizz Wright | Kenny Banks Sr | David Pitch | Marvin Sewell

This sixth studio album from Lizz Wright presents a number of key firsts for the Georgia-born vocalist and songwriter. Most...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2017

Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Spain

Wolfgang Haffner | Christopher Dell | Jan Lundgren | Lars Danielsson | Sebastian Studnitzky

On his 2008 debut on the Act label, Haffner created a minor classic of European jazz with Acoustic Shapes, which...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

Jane Ira Bloom: Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson

Bloom, a 2017 Down Beat poll winner for her specialist work on soprano sax, presents a low-key pastoral jazz evocation,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Magnus Lindgren: Stockholm Underground

Eric Bibb | Lars DK Danielsson | Henrik Janson | Nils Landgren | Till Brönner | Magnus Lindgren | Per Lindvall | Ida Sand | Daniel Karlsson

This latest release from Swedish jazz flautist Magnus Lindgren is a homage to Herbie Mann, a giant of an earlier...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2017

Alan Barnes/Pat McCarthy Octet/Josie Moon: Fish Tales

Sebastiaan de Krom | Mark Nightingale | Gilad Atzmon | Alan Barnes | Martin Shaw | Dave Green | Dean Masser | Josie Moon | Pat McCarthy

The cover provides two glosses on the title of this disc: one begins ‘A Jazz Suite for Octet by Alan...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2017

Brian Charette: Kürrent

This New York-based organist's quirky twist on the B3 Hammond trio tradition (featuring ace guitarist Ben Monder) is more Larry...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Walter Butler/Snoots Pearson: Baubles, Bangles and Tweeds: Live at the Isle of Harris Jazz Festival

Snoots Pearson | Walter Butler

“Walter, well, he could play just about anything: Harlem stride, barrelhouse, swing, bop. Not that he could play any of...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: October/2017