Dominic J Marshall & Friends: The Triolithic

Glenn Gaddum Jr | Dominic J Marshall | Sam Gardner | Lars Dietrich | Jamie Peet | Sam Vicary

Having studied jazz at Leeds College of Music, the 20-something Scottish-born pianist went on to the post-grad course at the...

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

Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges: Back To Back/Side By Side

Jimmy Woode | Roy Eldridge | Sam Woodyard | Al Hall | Harry Sweets Edison | Harry Carney | Wendell Marshall | Billy Strayhorn | Les Spann | Jimmy Hamilton

The two original LPs issued under these titles rank among the finest Ellingtonian small group sides. The predominantly blues repertoire...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

John Renbourn & Wizz Jones: Joint Control

Spellbinding acoustic folk-jazz and blues from the guitar masters, recorded just before Renbourn died in 2015....

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

Keith Jarrett: A Multitude of Angels

Keith Jarrett

Like the sinuous violin that links the movements of Rimsky-Korsakov's ‘Scheherazade Op. 35’, representing the voice of Scheherazade telling stories...

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

Various Artists: The Beat of Brazil – Brazilian Grooves From The Warner Vaults

Eddie Cano | Airto Moreira | Louie Ramirez | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Gilberto Gil | Band Black Rio | Nino Tempo

A Johnny-come-lately in the marketing stakes, coming as it does after the stable door has shut in Rio and the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2016

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Real Enemies

Matt Holman | Jon Wikan | Nadje Noordhuis | Sebastian Noelle | Carl Maraghi | Jacob Garchik | John Ellis | Sam Sadigursky | Jennifer Wharton | Ryan Keberle

Brooklyn-based Darcy James Argue has been one of the most talked about young ensemble arrangers and leaders on the east...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016

Made In China: Transmissions

Michael Blake | Michael Sarin | Samuel Blaser

Although the uncommon configuration of Made In China, a group that combines talent from America and Europe, catches the eye,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2016

Oscar Pettiford & Jan Johansson: In Denmark 1959-1960

Stan Getz | Jan Johansson | Louis Hjulmand | Oscar Pettiford | Lee Gaines | Joe Harris

This album is a compilation of 17 highly significant recordings made in Copenhagen between August 1959 and February 1960 that...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2016

Marion Brown: Awofofora

Marion Brown | Billy ‘Spaceman’ Patterson | Fred Hopkins | Ed Blackwell | Juuma Santos | Chris Henderson | Rene Arlain | Ambrose Jackson

It's interesting to consider the career paths of the young horn players John Coltrane enlisted for his monumental Ascension session...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2016

Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes Volume Three

Brian Smith | Pete Jackson | Mark Colby | Gary Cox | Bob Summers | Maynard Ferguson | Bruce Johnston | Don Hahn

The provenance of some of this previously unreleased music is obscure, the personnel details and circumstances pretty sketchy too, but...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2016