Barnes/O’Higgins & The Sax Section: Oh Gee!

Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom | Robin Aspland | Adam King | Sam Mayne | Karen Sharp | Alan Barnes | Dave O’Higgins | Judith O’Higgins

The onrush of Barnes on record continues, as does the flow of releases on his Woodville label. Having heard this...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2016

David Amram: Classic American Film Scores 1956-2016

David Amram | Harold Land | George Barrow | Buster Bailey | Pepper Adams | Laurindo Almeida | Sahib Shibab | Jerry Dodgion | Slide Hampton | Adam Amram

This 5CD box packs in an enthrallingly diverse selection of musical polymath extraordinaire David Amram’s compositions and recordings, which tellingly...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: March/2016

Paul Kimber & Phil Merriman: Duos, Duets and Duels

Paul Kimber | Phil Merriman

This is the third jazz release from British bass player and composer Paul Kimber. Previous discs have drawn on bigger...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2016

Matt Ridley 4tet: Mettã

Matt Ridley | John Turville | Jason Yarde | George Hart

Having graduated from Trinity Laban in 2005, the double bassist Matt Ridley started on what, in a previous era, might...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Sonny Rollins: At Music Inn

Percy Heath | Billy Higgins | Joe Castro | Leroy Vinnegar | Sonny Rollins | Connie Kay | John Lewis | Milt Jackson | Teddy Edwards

It’s certainly neat for collectors to have both Sonny Rollins’ At Music Inn and the MJQ’s At Music Inn Vol.2...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016

Erik Truffaz Quartet: Doni Doni

Marcello Giuliani | Arthur Hnatek | Oxmo Puccino | Erik Truffaz | Rokia Traoré | Benoit Corboz

After a three-year break comes this new collaborative effort from French trumpeter Truffaz, an album that might be a soundtrack...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2016

Tony Bennett: The Complete 1958-1961 Ralph Burns Sessions

Tony Bennett

It’s an excellent month for fans of the great Anthony Dominick Benedetto. The Complete 1958-1961 Ralph Burns Sessions presents two...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2016

Alphonso Johnson: Moonshadows/Yesterday’s Dreams/Spellbound

Garnett Brown | Alejandro Acuna | Bernie Maupin | Ruth Underwood | Airto Moreira | George Duke | Chuck Findley | Ndugu Leon Chancler | Chris Bond | Clive Criner

Johnson probably never got the credit he deserves for his Weather Report days, sandwiched between Vitous and some guy called...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Ches Smith: The Bell

Ches Smith | Mat Maneri | Craig Taborn

Drummer and percussionist are often interchangeable terms but Smith shows his distinct qualification for the latter on this adventurous, quite...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2016

Guus Janssen: Meeting Points

Recordings made between 1989 and 2011 by a significant figure on the leading Dutch avant-garde scene, the pianist’s personnel includes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016