Herb Hall: Old Tyme Modern

This is the album by Ed Hall's clarinet playing brother, and it perfectly catches his mixture of whimsicality and driving...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Jasper Høiby: Fellow Creatures

Jasper Høiby | Laura Jurd | Mark Lockheart | Will Barry | Corrie Dick

The sound of the trumpet/tenor front line comes with a certain amount of baggage since it virtually the defined sound...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2016

Ben Crosland Quintet: The Ray Davies Songbook

John Etheridge | Ben Crosland | Dave O’Higgins | Sebastian de Krom | Steve Lodder

The only surprise is that nobody's done it before! There's barely a songwriter of the 1960s who hasn’t been pillaged,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016

Quinsin Nachoff: Flux

Quinsin Nachoff | Matt Mitchell | David Binney | Kenny Wollesen

Avant-garde tenorist Nachoff comes from Toronto, Canada. He is equally at home with jazz and contemporary classical music and his...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

Peter Bernstein: Let Loose

Despite being issued under the imprint of the Manhattan jazz club, Smoke, where Bernstein is regularly heard, this is a...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: July/2016

Various Artists: The Boston Creative Jazz Scene 1970-83

Thing and Mark Harvey Group | Stanton Davis Baird Hersey Phil Musra Group

Not so much a compilation as a fascinating slice of cultural history wrapped up in a lavish deluxe package. This...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

The Impossible Gentlemen: Let's Get Deluxe

Adam Nussbaum | Steve Rodby | Gwilym Simcock | Mike Walker | Iain Dixon

The Anglo-American supergroup The Impossible Gentlemen's third CD on Basho Records hits you right between the eyes with its mix...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Rich Brown: Abeng

Kelly Jefferson | Rich Brown | Luis Deniz | Larnell Lewis | Rosendo Chendy Leon | Kevin Turcotte | Robi Botos | Chris Donnelly

Toronto-born electric bassist Rich Brown has been a growling low-end presence across an impressive array of albums and projects by...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2016

Warren Wolf: Convergence

John Scofield | Christian McBride | Warren Wolf | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Brad Mehldau

The vibraphonist has some really heavyweight company for this, his third US album, including his boss from the Inside Straight...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: July/2016

Jukka Tolonen/Kom Quartet: Live at Liisankantu Studios, Helsinki

We may think today's generation of Finnish musicians is original and stellar on the European stage, but this set of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016