Orchestre National De Jazz: Europa Oslo

Paul Brousseau | Jean Dousteyssier | Fabrice Martinez | Olivier Benoit | Hans Petter Blad | Sylvain Daniel | Hugues Mayot | Fidel Fourneyron | Alexandra Grimal | Eric Echampard

France's publically funded, flagship jazz orchestra has explored the works of Robert Wyatt, Astor Piazzolla and collaborated with John Hollenbeck...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Roberto Occhipinti: Stabilimento

Quinsin Nachoff | Alistair Kay | Drew Jurecka | Stas Pronin | Luis Deniz | Steve Dann | Hilario Duran | Rebekah Wolkstein | Mark Kelso | Manuel Valera

Canadian bassist, composer and producer Roberto Occhipinti has assembled some band for this tightly-honed set, or rather pair of sets,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2017

Neil Ardley & The New Jazz Orchestra: On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971

Bud Parkes | Barry Guy | Robin Gardner | Brian Smith | Dick Hart | Barbara Thompson | Harry Beckett | Dave Gelly | Mike Gibbs | Don Rendell

With Humphrey Lyttelton's endearingly stumbling announcements and a veritable fantasy football league of early 1970s jazz musicians associated with various...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017

Humcrush: Enter Humcrush

Ståle Storløkken | Thomas Strønen

Much like their superbly onomatopoeic name, there's a delightfully compact brutality to this Norwegian super duo. The pugilistic title is...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2017

Orelli/Keller/Suter: Blow, Strike & Touch

An experimental Swiss trio, with trumpeter Marco von Orelli, pianist Max E Keller and drummer Sheldon Suter engaging in abstract...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

The Dan Tepfer Trio: Eleven Cages

Nate Wood | Dan Tepfer | Thomas Morgan

The 35-year-old Paris-born pianist Dan Tepfer has been the perfect foil for the open-minded US bop veteran saxophonist Lee Konitz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Nils Landgren Funk Unit with Ray Parker Jr: Unbreakable

Ray Parker Jr. | Petter Bergander | Tim Hagans | Nils Landgren | Randy Brecker | Magnum Coltrane Price | Andy Pfeiler | Jonas Wall | Robert Ikiz

If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Landgren's been mining the funk lode for, what, 25 years, so no surprise...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017

The V.I.P. Trio: Standards Vol. 2

Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | Pat Senatore

A quick follow-up by Fresh Sound to the Vol.1 which I reviewed in Jazzwise 217, this has the same back-story...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2017

Portugal/Van Kemenade/Van ‘T Hof: Daytime Sketches

Experienced Dutch alto-saxophonist Paul Van Kemenade plays with a lyrical intensity and dominates this trio session alongside keyboard compatriot Jasper...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Hear In Now: Not Living In Fear

Tomeka Reid | Mazz Swift | Silvia Bolognesi | Dee Alexander

Convention would call Hear In Now a string group, but the trio boldly defies any of the standard tropes associated...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2017