King Crimson: Live In Toronto

Tony Levin | Mel Collins | Robert Fripp | Pat Mastelotto | Jakko Jakszyk | Bill Rieflin | Gavin Harrison

Not strictly speaking a public release in that it’s an ‘official bootleg’ from the King Crimson Club (like the Reader’s...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Bill Charlap Trio: Notes from New York

Kenny Washington | Peter Washington | Bill Charlap

Now that Charlap has won a Grammy for his collaboration with Tony Bennett, we can expect some wider appreciation of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Sonny Rollins: Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol.4

Sonny Rollins | Kenny Clarke | Henry Grimes | Joe Harris | Pete LaRoca

The earliest music here is a straight reissue, down to the sleeve typo, of the 1959 set reviewed favourably in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Cory Henry: The Revival

The ex-Kenny Garrett sideman and touring Snarky Puppy keyboardist plays a solo Hammond B-3 organ shifting from funky gospel song...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: All My Yesterdays

Hank Jones | Garnett Brown | Eddie Daniels | Billy Berry | Cliff Heather | Richard Davis | Bob Brookmeyer | Jimmy Nottingham | Jerome Richardson | Sam Herman

It's one thing to discover and release a hitherto unknown recording by a jazz great with all the proper clearances...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2016

Sloth Racket: Triptych

Cath Roberts | Johnny Hunter | Sam Andreae | Seth Bennett | Anton Hunter

In recent years. London based baritone saxophonist and composer Cath Roberts has forged strong links with the incredibly fertile Manchester...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2016

Mike Moreno: Lotus

The impressive young electric/acoustic guitarist-composer Mike Moreno reveals a Brazilian-ish gentleness in his playing next to a high quality quartet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Clifford Brown– Max Roach: The Complete Study In Brown

Harold Land | Sonny Rollins | Richie Powell | George Morrow | Clifford Brown | Max Roach

It's to EmArcy Records eternal credit that they had the foresight to record the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet on a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2016

Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore: Stan's Hat Flapping In the Wind

Lisa Sokolov | Cooper-Moore | Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez

Like many significant musicians, William Parker conceives of work to which he does not have to make a direct contribution....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2016

Hampton Hawes/Red Mitchell/Chuck Thompson: The Trio: Complete Albums

One of these three LPs was recently out on Avid's Hawes collection, but this set collects the original Contemporary issues...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2016