Benet McLean: The Bopped and The Bopless

Noel Langley | Saleem Raman | Isabella-Maria Asbjornsen | Ashley Slater | Aydenne Simone | Jonathan Harvey | Donald Gamble | Jason Yarde | Gareth Lockrane | Duncan Eagles

Can you be too talented? Long championed by the much-missed Jack Massarik, McLean has somehow slipped beneath the radar that...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016

Ahmad Jamal: Trio & Quintet Recordings with Ray Crawford

Miles Davis | Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Gil Evans orchestra | Vernel Fournier | Joe Kennedy | Ray Crawford | Eddie Calhoun

The majority of the contents are from the early period when Jamal's approach was still fresh and widely influential –...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2016

Phil Urso: The Philosophy of Urso

One of the albums Fresh Sound does really well, collecting the work of a great 1950s tenorist and presenting it...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Zoe Rahman: Dreamland

Zoe Rahman

This is the vivacious English pianist Zoe Rahman's sixth recording as leader following her MOBO award winning trio CD Kindred...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

John Coltrane Quartet: Stockholm Concerts – Complete November 19, 1962

Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

Eight of these 16 tracks were on the first Coltrane white-label bootlegs back in the 1970s, while two of the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2016

Donna Lewis: Brand New Day

The 1990s pop singer steps out with jazz-influenced readings of David Bowie, Neil Young and Burt Bacharach along with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Eyolf Dale: Wolf Valley

André Roligheten | Per Zanussi | Eyolf Dale | Gard Nilssen | Rob Waring | Adrian Løseth Waade | Kristoffer Kompen | Hayden Powell

Another fine musician discovered by Edition Records, pianist Eyolf Dale made his first appearance on the label with some assured...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2016

Dave Bailey: One Foot in the Gutter

Brilliant Clark Terry, outstanding Curtis Fuller and Horace Parlan on fine form in drummer Bailey's all-star sextet. So what's not...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Perelman/Morris: Blue

Audun Kleive | Bjorn Kjellemyr | Terje Rypdal

Another batch of releases reflects the unflagging faith that the Brazilian saxophonist has in his patented modus operandi. His ensembles...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019

Erlend Apneseth Trio: Det Andre Rommet

Led by a young upcoming Hardanger fiddler Erlend Apneseth from Norway, this trio of electric guitar, electronics and drums offers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016