Various Artists: Jazz On Film – The New Wave II

Donald Byrd | Michel Legrand | David Raksin | Johnny Dankworth | Cleo Laine | Barney Wilen

This starry, talent-packed deluxe box, containing eight CDs and a dcopious stills-illustrated booklet, enlarges on the Moochin' About label's first...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: August/2016

DE3: Live At Maxwell's

Eric McPherson | Duane Eubanks | Dezron Douglas

DE3 is three fifths of the quintet Eubanks has been concentrating his efforts upon for the past few years. A...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: August/2016

Rick Parker Li Daiguo: Free World Music

The Tim Berne sideman trombonist Rick Parker and Chinese vocalist Li Daiguo in an experimental duo that combines acoustic roots,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Black Staat Mater

Ellen Brekken | Ivar Loe Bjørnstadt | Heldvig Mollestad Thomassen

If the idea of free metal sounds like an interesting prospect, then hang on tight as Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2016

Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey: Zurich Concerts: 15 Years of Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey

Jan Schlegel | Harald Kimmig | Jacques Demierre | Hans Hoch | Christian Weber | Giancarlo Schiaffini | Michel Seigner | John Butcher | Gerry Hemmingway | Alfred Zimmerlin

Swiss double-bassists Daniel Studer and Peter K Frey have been working together as improvisers for 15 years – a milestone...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2016

Tete Montoliu: Blues For Myself

Peer Wyboris | Eric Peter | Tete Montoliu

As with the Lucky Thompson set reviewed elsewhere, this trio recording was first issued on the Spanish Ensayo label and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2016

Roberta Piket: One for Marian

Dedicated to pianist Marian McPartland who died in 2013, the pianist performs an extended ensemble version of her melancholy-tinged compositions...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Phillip Wilson: Esoteric

Olu Dara | Phillip Wilson

This record, originally issued on the Hat Hut imprint in 1979, finds former Art Ensemble of Chicago drummer Phillip Wilson...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2016

Wade Legge: The Wade Legge Trio

The original album from French Vogue was recorded by Dizzy Gillespie's rhythm section in 1953 in Europe, and showcases the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Johnny Hunter Quartet: While We Still Can

Ben Watte | Stewart Wilson | Graham South | Johnny Hunter

The drummer Johnny Hunter is a key instigator in the North West of England local live scene mostly based around...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016