Various Artists: The Song Is You

Lee Konitz | Anthony Braxton | Miroslav Vitous | Chick Corea | Jack DeJohnette | Pat Metheny

First released on the Douglas label on vinyl in the early 1980s, then some 15 years ago on CD, this...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2017

The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra: Sons of Sauter Finegan

Eddie Sauter | Bobby Nichols | Tommy Mitchell | Max Bennett | Mousey Alexander | Nick Travis | Ralph Burns | Wally Block | Gene Allen | Sonny Russo

During the Swing Era, when big bands dominated jazz, Benny Goodman moved away from the certainties of his core repertoire...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2017

Esteban Alvarez: Tico Groove

Building bridges between his Costa Rican folklore heritage, latin sounds and other folk-infused jazz from around the world, the Texas-based...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Paul Dunmall Brass Project: Maha Samadhi

Percy Pursglove | Tony Bianco | Ollie Brice | Ed Bennett | Aaron Diaz | Dave Sear | Josh Tagg | Paul Dunmall | Josh Palmer | Alex Astbury

The most obvious precedent for the slabs, smears and flutters of brass on this brash and spirited recording are John...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2017

Jonah Jones: Broadway and Hollywood Hits

Put these five-and-a-half original albums together with the Blue Moon reissues of Jones reviewed here in November and December 2014,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2017

Dominique Di Piazza: Living Hope

Grégory Privat | Nicolas Viccaro | Dominique Di Piazza | Stéphane Chasse

Arriving to great acclaim as one third of John McLaughlin's 1990s trio alongside Indo-jazz drum deity Trilok Gurtu, electric bassist...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2017

Keiji Haino/Jozef Dumoulin/Teun Verbruggen: The Miracles Of Only One Thing

Teun Verbruggen | Jozef Dumoulin | Keiji Haino

This live (and very lively) exchange teams legendary Japanese musician Keiji Haino with Belgian duo Josef Dumoulin and Teun Verbruggen,...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2017

Seth Parker Woods: asinglewordisnotenough

Housed in what looks like a tin pencil-case the size of a mini iPad, the CD inside has the cellist-vocalist's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: Transparent Water

Dominique Huchet | E'Joung-Ku | Seckou Keita | Mieko Miyazaki | Mosin Khan Kawa | Omar Sosa | Wu Tong | Gustavo Ovalles

The Cuban pianist Omar Sosa is a habitual collaborator, lending his inventive and spiritual playing to projects featuring the likes...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2017

Lou Rawls: Black and Blue

Lou Rawls

Growing up on the South Side of Chicago with Sam Cooke (who was three years his elder) and the Staple...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017