King Crimson: Radical Action To Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind

Tony Levin | Mel Collins | Robert Fripp | Pat Mastelotto | Jakko Jakszyk | Bill Rieflin | Gavin Harrison

After a couple of lumpy live preludes, the Crimson clan have now released a package that will satisfy fans new...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Rising Grace

Wolfgang Muthspiel | Brian Blade | Larry Grenadier | Ambrose Akinmusire | Brad Mehldau

Line-ups don't come much more star-studded than this one, but it remains a fact that such endeavours in jazz often...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Outset

A Chicago-based contemporary post-bop quartet headed by the saxophonist-composer Dan Meinhardt and highlighted by the bristling dialogue between horn and...

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

Kris Davis: Duopoly

Julian Lage | Tim Berne | Marcus Gilmore | Bill Frisell | Kris Davis | Billy Drummond | Don Byron | Craig Taborn | Angelica Sanchez

An elegantly conceived and beautifully packaged set of duets from the promising young pianist. There's a neat, palindromic shape to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Beady Belle: On My Own

Torun Eriksen | Audun Sandvik | Beady Belle | Anja Martime Mørk | Mathias Eick | Joshua Redman | Fran Cathcart | Bugge Wesseltoft | Gregory Hutchinson | Reuben Rogers

Beady Belle – a collaboration between vocalist Beate Lech and bassist and future husband Marius Reksjø – made their Jazzland...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series Vol. 5

Herbie Hancock | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter | Ron Carter

This is an important release, well deserving of its four-star rating. This 2CD set is by what has become known...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

The Bad Plus: It's Hard

Ethan Iverson | David King | Reid Anderson

The since-popular jazz pastime of covering Radiohead helped announce The Bad Plus to the world. Their own compositions actually dominate...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Graham Bleasdale: I Believe

This attractive sounding British singer-songwriter, with influences from old soul-pop through to gospel and country, is backed by British jazz...

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

Rune Klakegg & Scheen Jazzorkester: Fjon

With the major influences coming from Miles and Evans through to Maria Schneider, the Norwegian veteran pianist-composer Rune Klakegg produces...

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

Archie Shepp: Jazz A Confronto 27

Archie Shepp | David Williams | Beaver Harris | Dave Burrell | Charles Greenlee

This little-known date, recorded in Rome in September 1975 and released as part of the Italian Horo label's Jazz A...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017