Staffan Harde

Harde was a genius on guitar – a startling original talent whose work ranged from pointillism to abstraction by way...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Dominick Farinacci: Short Stories

Buster Birch | Deirdre Cartwright | Diane McLoughlin | Alison Rayner | Steve Lodder

Initially mentored by Wynton Marsalis, this Ohio-raised trumpeter offers a package of updated ‘classic’ jazz with guests that include Christian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli: Complete String Quintet

Jack Llewellyn | Coleridge Goode | Josse Breyère | Django Reinhardt | Allan Hodgkiss | Joseph Reinhardt | Roger Grasset | Eugene Vées | Bert Marshall | Jerry Mengo

There have been many reissues of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France material over the years but this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Perelman/Maneri/Morris/Cleaver: Breaking Point

Joe Morris | Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Whit Dickey | Karl Berger | Michael Bisio | Gerald Cleaver

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: July/2016

Album Interview: Jacob Collier: In My Room

Jacob Collier

Having received accolades from the likes of Quincy Jones (‘absolutely mind-blowing’), Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, this debut...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016

Pony Poindexter: Pony's Express

What a forceful, individual personality Poindexter was on alto (and – sounding almost the same – on soprano), and how...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

James Morton: The Kid

James Morton | Denny Ilett | Andy Sheppard | Andrew Ross | DJ Ollie Teeba Choir | Oliver Parfitt | Simon Picton | John Pearce | Ralph Lamb | Jonny Henderson

Morton's stated aim is ‘to bring jazz back to the dance-floor’, and 15 years playing with former James Brown saxophonist...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2016

Perelman/Shipp: Corpo

Joe Morris | Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Whit Dickey | Karl Berger | Michael Bisio | Gerald Cleaver

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: July/2016

Lee Konitz: Stereokonitz

Lee Konitz | Enrico Rava | Franco D’Andrea | Giovanni Tommaso | Gegè Munari

Originally a vinyl release on Italian RCA, this reissue teams the peripatetic Konitz with an all-Italian line-up on an eight-track...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2016

Francesco Ciniglio Trio: Wood

Evidence of Jordi Pujol's (from Barcelona's FSNT label) sharp eye for talent; the young Rome and New York-based drummer Francesco...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016