Bud Shank & Chet Baker: Michelle/California Dreamin’

Among the many great records left by the late Bud Shank, and though they were hits in their day, these...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2016

The Power Quintet: High Art

Steve Nelson | Danny Grissett | Peter Washington | Jeremy Pelt | Bill Stewart

If anyone tells you this is just another all-star studio pickup group, just to earn a few dollars playing maybe...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2016

Aziza

Dave Holland | Chris Potter | Lionel Loueke | Eric Harland

The double bass jazz maestro Dave Holland turned 70 in October but shows no signs of slowing down. In fact,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016

The Girshevich Trio: Algorithmic Society

Sandra Wong | Ekaterina Dobrotvorskaya | Roby Barrak | Emily Bowman | Eddie Gomez | Ann-Marie Morgan | Aleks Girshevich | Vlad Girshevich | Jeffrey Watson | Ilya Shpilberg

Algorithms – picked out in the title of this charming disc – represent our global digital future to an almost...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2016

Silva Rasmussen Solberg: Free Electric Band

Alan Silva | Mette Rasmussen | Ståle Liavik Solberg

Though best known as a double-bassist who helped birth the ‘New Thing’ in the 1960s, in more recent years, Alan...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2016

Cannonball Adderley Sextet With Joe Zawinul: Complete 1962 Live Performances

Victor Feldman | Nat Adderley | Yusef Lateef | Cannonball Adderley | Sam Jones | Louis Hayes | Joe Zawinul

Regrettably, I never saw Bird in person, but I was most fortunate enough to witness Cannonball on a number of...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2016

Mark Dresser Seven: Sedimental You

Nicole Mitchell | David Morales Boroff | Marty Ehrlich | Mark Dresser | Joshua White | Jim Black | Michael Dessen

Bassist-composer-bandleader Dresser has been a highly-respected presence on the New York scene since the 1970s and his recorded output is...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2016

Charles Gayle Trio: Christ Everlasting

Charles Gayle | Ksawery Wojcinski | Klaus Kugel

2006's Time Zones, one of the tenor saxophonist's last notable releases was a solo piano set, and this spirited live...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2016

John Crawford: Times And Tides

John Crawford | Duncan Lamont | Linley Weir | Guille Hill | Leonora Claps | Shanti Paul Jayasinha | Richard Sadler | Simon Pearson

Crawford recently played Ronnie Scott's as part of their International Piano Trio series and styles himself on his website as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2016

Steve Buscemi & Elliott Sharp: Rub Out The Word

Elliott Sharp | Steve Bucemi

As part of the celebrations for beat writer William S. Burroughs's centenary in 2014, this performance from noted actor Steve...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: November/2016