Yellowjackets: Cohearance

William Kennedy | Russell Ferrante | Dane Alderson | Bob Mintzer

The title may be groan-worthy but the ethos, as ever with the Yellowjackets, is worth celebrating. This is an album,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Ibrahim Maalouf: La Vache

This is the French based Lebanese trumpeter's soundtrack to a new French comedy about an Algerian farmer in France and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Henri Texier: Dakota Mob

Sebastian Texier | Francois Corneloup | Louis Moutin | Henri Texier

The remarkable Paris-born acoustic bassist is now in his 71st year but thankfully shows no signs of slowing up. This...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Danielsson/Neset/Lund: Sun Blowing

Morten Lund | Marius Neset | Lars Danielsson

One of Sweden’s leading contemporary jazz acoustic bassists Lars Danielsson lines up here alongside the excellent Stefano Bollani trio Danish...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Ray Charles: …and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You

Two albums featuring Charles with 196061 studio bands put together by Marty Paich which, if they lack the raw energy...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016

John Surman: Westering Home

John Surman

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

Richard Poole/Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock: In Motion

David Bowden | Joe Williamson | Stephen Henderson | Peter Johnstone

This is a fantastic record. Recorded at a single session in Woodstock, in the state of New York, In Motion...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: February/2017

Tom Bancroft Trio Red: Lucid Dreamers

Per Zanussi | Tom Bancroft | Tom Cawley

Originally formed as an on-the-fly studio assemblage of improvising wits from England, Scotland and Norway in 2012, Trio Red have...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Ernie Watts Quartet: Wheel of Time

Rudi Engel | Heinrich Koebberling | Christof Saenger | Ernie Watts

Ernie Watts developed his mix of hard bop articulation, fusion aggression and technical mastery round about the same time as...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2016

Butch Miles Sextet: Miles and Miles of Swing

The then Basie drummer's debut as leader from 1977, this is a polished mainstream set with Al Cohn and Scott...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016