Marcos Varela: San Ygnacio

A cross generation with fine bassist Marcos Varela linking up with consummate jazz veterans George Cables and Billy Hart for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Donald Edwards: Prelude To Real Life

Orrin Evans | Antoine Drye | Luques Curtis | Nicholas Payton | Donald Edwards | Walter Smith III | David Gilmore | Vivian Sessoms

One of the most sought-after drummers on the current jazz scene, Donald Edwards wants to be recognised equally as a...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2016

Duke Ellington: Far East Suite

Chuck Connors | Strayhorn | Cat Anderson | Rufus Jones | Harry Carney | John Lamb | Jimmy Hamilton | Mercer Ellington | Cootie Williams | Buster Cooper

With Sony giving the RCA Victor catalogue the same treatment as the Columbia/Legacy series, there could hardly be a better...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Album Interview: Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow: Andando el Tiempo

Andy Sheppard | Carla Bley | Steve Swallow

Carla Bley’s Trio, which has been in existence for more than 20 years, is now, with her big band days...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016

International Jazz Group/André Persiany In New York:

Eddie Barefield | Charlie Smith | Taft Jordan | André Persiany | Henderson Chambers | Dick Vance | Hilton Jefferson | George Berg | Lamar Wright Jr. | Tyree Glenn

This very welcome reissue rescues two albums, originally issued on French Pathé-Marconi’s Columbia label (and duplicated on Swing, but never...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2016

Roscoe Mitchell With Craig Taborn And Kikanju Baku: Conversations II

Roscoe Mitchell | Kikanju Baku | Craig Taborn

“Great black music: ancient to future” is the seminal manifesto of Art Ensemble Of Chicago, but this thrilling trio led...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016

Per Oddvar Johansen: Let’s Dance

Torben Snekkestad | Per Oddvar Johansen | Helge Lien

The title track is not by Carl Maria von Weber (which provided Benny Goodman with his theme tune of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016

Manu Katché: Unstatic

Ellen Andrea Wang | Inor Esteban | Tore Brunborg | Nils Landgren | Manu Katché | Luca Aquino | Abraham Rodriguez Mansfarroll | Sotolongo Zapata | Joel Hierrezuelo Balart | Jim Watson

Here’s a treat, but for unexpected reasons in that it’s great to hear the largely unsung Jim Watson given so...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Billie Holiday and Lester Young: Complete Studio Recordings

Going much further than the 16-track A Musical Romance set on Columbia, this gathers (almost) all the studio appearances by...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Henning Sieverts: Double Quartet

A contemporary esoteric third stream fusion by a German double bassist exploring the continuity between a 1614 Mass in lower...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016