Morning Glory

Malcolm Griffiths | Terje Rypdal | John Marshall | John Taylor | John Surman | Chris Laurence

Originally recorded for Chris Blackwell’s Island label in the early 1970s, this pair of albums from saxophonist John Surman saw...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: June/2016

Peggy Lee: Latin á la Lee/Ole à la Lee

Jack Marshall's house band at Capitol give Peggy some fine backing on the first gently swinging album, which after its...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016

Jan Lundgren: The Ystad Concert: A Tribute to Jan Johansson

Claudia Bonfiglioli | Daniela Bonfiglioli | Jan Lundgren | Mattias Svensson | Karolina Weber Ekdahl | Charlotta Weber Widerström

Prior to his death in a car crash in 1968, Jan Johansson had established himself as one of the fathers...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2016

Mammal Hands: Floa

Gavin Barras | Jesse Barratt | Natalie Purton | Jordan Smart | Nick Smart

Recommended to Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana Records by then- labelmates GoGo Penguin, there’s certainly common ground between these British jazz peers....

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2016

Chucho Valdés: Tribute To Irakere: Live in Marciac

Yaroldy Abreu Robles | Reinaldo Melian | Chucho Valdés | Manuel Machado | Rafael Aguila | Ariel Bringuez | Rodney Barreto | Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé | Gaston Joya | Carlos Sarduy

Live recordings at the Marciac Jazz festival in southwest France are rapidly becoming a thing, especially with Cuban artists: a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2016

Steve Khan: Eyewitness/Modern Times/Casa Loco

Steve Jordan | Monolo Badrena | Steve Khan | Anthony Jackson

A couple of hours in Steve Khan’s company is always an honour, but these three tight, almost intimate recordings are...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison: In Movement

Matthew Garrison | Jack DeJohnette | Ravi Coltrane

Despite the size of Jack DeJohnette’s discography, it is probably fair to say the drummer’s best recordings under his own...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016

Graeme Wilson Quartet: Sure Will Hold a Boat

Saxophonist-composer Graeme Wilson's Northern-based post-bop jazz quartet features a few of the most impressive young jazzers in the region in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Machito Y Sus Afro Cubanas: Tanga – The King of Afro Cuban Jazz

Luis Miranda | Los Hermanos Rigual | Jose Madera | Fred Skerrit | Lenny Hambro | Frank Davillo | Roberto Rodriguez | Machito | René Hernandez | Eddie Bert

“If we starve together we starve together,” wrote the arranger Mario Bauza in a letter to his brother-in- law, Machito....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2016

Various Artists: Northern Edition: Curated by Fiona Talkington

Oddarrang | Eyolf Dale | Drifter | Daniel Herskedal | Verneri Pohjola | Per Oddvar Johansen | Alexi Tuomarila | Dave Stapleton | Marius Neset | Phronesis

This anthology of mainly Scandinavian jazz, or jazz from the north, curated by BBC Radio presenter Fiona Talkington, all taken...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016