Ben Webster: Gentle Ben

Made in Barcelona with Tete Montoliu during Webster's globetrotting years, this 1972 set is dominated by Ben's bittersweet, melancholy yet...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2016

Dinosaur: Together, As One

Laura Jurd | Corrie Dick | Conor Chaplin | Elliot Galvin

Electric Miles is still terra incognita for some; the point he left jazz, or went somehow mad. Bitches Brew's brooding,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2016

Marquis Hill: The Way We Play

Makay McCraven | Vincent Gardiner | Juan Pastor | Christie Dashiell | Meagan McNeal | Marquis Hill | Joshua Ramos | Christopher McBride | Justin ‘Justefan’ Thomas | Harold Green III

If you skip the opening voiceover band introductory track, this turns out to be an interesting and pleasurable album featuring...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2016

Audrey Morris: Bistro Ballads/The Voice of Audrey Morris

With a fine voice, pure pitching and perfect enunciation, Morris (pictured below) was a singer who deserves to be better...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2016

Kristian Borring: Silent Storm

Arthur Lea | Mick Coady | Kristian Borring | Jon Scott

This is the third album from Denmark-born guitarist Kristian Borring and his quartet, but the first where they've gone it...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2016

William S. Burroughs: Let Me Hang You

Tony Sherr | Bill Frisell | King Khan | William S. Burroughs | Jake Robertson | Eyvind Kang | Wayne Horvitz | Duff Gravolia | El Congo Allen | M. Lamar

The writings of Beat author and artist William Seward Burroughs have consistently attracted a wide range of musicians over the...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2016

New Focus: On Song

Andrew Robb | Betsy Taylor | Konrad Wiszniewski | Alina Bzhezhinska | Ian Budd | William Chandler | Lorna Rough | Euan Stevenson | Alyn Cosker | Nicola Wiszniewska

Saxophonist Wiszniewski and pianist Stevenson comprise New Focus; their earlier album was 2012 Scottish Album of the Year and earned...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016

Miles Davis/Duke Ellington: The Complete Jazz At The Plaza

Jimmy Woode | Mal Waldron | Cat Anderson | Jimmy Cobb | Sam Woodyard | Billie Holiday | Harry Carney | Miles Davis | Bill Evans | Paul Chambers

You'd be forgiven for thinking the label is running out of Essential Jazz Classics (that also happen to be out...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2016

Tommy Smith and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Modern Jacobite

Tommy Smith | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

How many jazz albums being made today will be remembered, discussed, played and replayed in 12 months' time, let alone...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016

Tori Freestone Trio: El Barranco

Tim Giles | Dave Manington | Tori Freestone

The tenor saxophonist Tori Freestone has been making a strong impression in the soloist chair as a member of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016