Joonsam: A Door

Ralph Alessi | Chung Eun Han | Nate Wood | Ben Monder | Aaron Parks | Joonsam | Yeahwon Shin | Yvonnick Prene

Joonsam might sound like a typically quirky moniker for a contemporary jazz ensemble but it's actually the first name of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Shirantha Beddage: Momentum

The young Canadian baritone sax specialist has featured guest Will Kennedy from the Yellowjackets, an influence along with anything from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Ryan Quigley: What Doesn't Kill You

Paul Booth | Michael Janisch | Ryan Quigley | Steve Hamilton | Clarence Penn

The busy and versatile trumpeter has assembled a fine band of like-minded musicians. Enlisting Penn, described by Drummerworld as “one...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

JD Allen: Americana: Musings on Jazz and the Blues

Rudy Royston | JD Allen | Gregg August

Of all the contemporary tenor players, arguably none has a greater affinity with the blues than JD. That innate feeling...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Shirley Horn: Live At The 4 Queens

Charles Ables | Steve Williams | Shirley Horn

Like Resonance's recent Sarah Vaughan release, this originates from America's National Public Radio, which used to broadcast rather more jazz...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Ivo Perelman: The Art Of The Improv Trio Vol 1-6

Joe Morris | Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Whit Dickey | William Parker | Karl Berger | Gerald Cleaver

Perelman's lack of compromise and the faith shown in him by Leo records is such that he can fulfill a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Metá Metá: MM3

Acclaimed Sao Paulo Afro-jazz-punk agit prop band tackle head on their home country's institutional corruption and racism with determined grit...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Ingar Zach: Le Stanze

Ingar Zach

Norway's Ingar Zach has made some wonderful records, not least as a member of Huntsville; he has also worked with...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Macy Gray: Stripped

Macy Gray | Russell Malone | Wallace Roney | Daryl Johns | Ari Hoenig

Recorded live over two days in a decommissioned Brooklyn church, using just a single microphone, Macy Gray's 10th album sees...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones

Christian McBride | Keyon Harrold | Will Calhoun | Jan Hammer | Doudou N'diaye Rose | Antoine Roney | Carlos McKinney

Elvin Jones' high energy, light touch polyrhythmic rumble came to the fore in John Coltrane's classic quartet, and went on...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017