Cedar Walton: Charmed Circle/Live At The Keystone Korner

Manny Boyd | Ralph Penland | Steve Turre | Cedar Walton | Tony Dumas

Texas-born Cedar Walton enjoyed a most prolific recording career as both a sideman and soloist, though he is perhaps best...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2017

Pat Thomas: Desafinado/Moody's Mood

No, not the Oxford-based keyboard improviser. This Pat is an underrated Chicagoan singer of the 1960s, who romps her way...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Various Artists: Monteverdi In The Spirit of Jazz

The 450th anniversary of the renaissance composer is celebrated by the award-winning German label and benefits from almost half the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Joe Harriott & Co: Helter Skelter: Live, Rare & Unreleased 1955-1963

Joe Harriott | The Daily Mail International Jazz Festival All-Stars | The Melody Maker All-Stars | Kurt Edelhagen

This is an exceptional release comprising entirely of rare Harriott recordings, most previously unreleased. It's an important documentation at three...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Keith Jarrett: Expectations

Keith Jarrett | Sam Brown | Paul Motian | Dewey Redman | Charlie Haden

Expectations was produced by Jarrett's manager George Avakian, who had produced the pianist's previous output for the Atlantic label. In...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte: Loneliness Road

Jamie Saft | Bobby Previte | Steve Swallow | Iggy Pop

When Saft and his trio went into the recording studios in 2014 to record The New Standard its success was...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Ripsaw Catfsh: Namazu

Cath Roberts | Anton Hunter

The serrated violence of this duo's moniker is reinforced by their second album's title, the name of a huge mythical...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2017

Lloyd McNeill: Tori

Dom Um Romao | Howard Johnson | John La Barbera | Buster Williams | Lloyd McNeill | Amaury Tristao | Nana Vasconcelos | Victor Lewis | Dom Salvador

How many great records have slipped through the cracks because they first surfaced in small numbers on private, artist-run labels?...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2017

Trombone Shorty: Parking Lot Symphony

Favourites at the end-of-jazz-festival party scene, the Tremé-raised 'boneist-vocalist releases his debut for Blue Note and puts his exuberant stamp...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

The Pete Malinverni Trio: Heaven

This piano trio's album is defiantly MOR, but not a bad mix of laidback Bill Evans-like ballads, soul jazz and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017