Miles Mosley: Uprising

Tony Austin | Brandon Coleman | Leah Zeger | Nia Andrews | Sonnet Simmons | Peter Jacobson | Ryan Porter | Erin Athey | Zane Musa | Chris Votek

The impact of Kamasi Washington's The Epic, and his presence on Kendrick Lamar's jazz-infused hip hop classic To Pimp A...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2017

Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery: Smokin' In Seattle

Ron McClure | Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Wes Montgomery

The posthumous additions to Montgomery's output during the last few years easily outclass the few tapes from his one European...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2017

Louis Hayes: Serenade for Horace

Steve Nelson | David Bryant | Abraham Burton | Gregory Porter | Dezron Douglas | Josh Evans | Louis Hayes

Louis Hayes' Blue Note career began when he joined Horace Silver's quintet in 1956, aged 18. He went on to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2017

Bria Skonberg: With a Twist

This mainstream Canadian pop-jazz singer/trumpeter is groomed for stardom or oblivion; her generic contemporary repertoire includes a pointlessly derivative big...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Trevor Watts & Stephen Grew: All There Is

Trevor Watts | Stephen Grew

Few more exposing formats exist for free improvisation than the saxophone and piano duo. The stubborn inability of the equal-tempered,...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017

Liane Carroll: The Right To Love

Liane Carroll | Ralph Salmins | James McMillan | Loz Garratt | Mark Jaimes | Mark Edwards

While her previous album, Seaside, presented a 10-track love letter to her home town of Hastings, The Right To Love...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2017

Randy Ingram: The Wandering

This west coast, now east coast-based, Bill Evans-influenced pianist plays an attractive set of mostly jazz covers in duo with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Idreees Sulieman: 4 American Jazzmen in Tangier

This is a tribute to the ex-Hampton pianist Oscar Dennard, whose playing illuminates these two CDs, but who died from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017

Ambrose Akinmusire: A Rift In Decorum: Live At The Village Vanguard

Sam Harris | Harish Raghavan | Ambrose Akinmusire | Justin Brown

Trumpeter Akinmusire's studio output has been steady since his 2008 album Prelude To Cora, and this double album recorded in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2017

Album Interview: Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is The Dream

David Virelles | Marcus Gilmore | Joe Martin | Chris Potter

This is Chris Potter's third album for ECM. The first, The Sirens, was inspired by Homer's Odyssey and introduced David...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2017