Album Interview: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V: Lost Hero – Tears for Esbjorn

Morten Lund | Lars Danielsson | Ulf Wakenius | Iiro Rantala | Viktoria Tolstoy

Too often tribute concerts can end up like syrup poured on old pancakes. Not so this one, with a band...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2016

Henri Texier: Sky Dancers

Sébastien Texier | Louis Moutin | Nguyên Lê | Armel Dupas | Henri Texier | François Corneloup

Shining a light on the forcibly disenfranchised is a reason for a fresh engagement with jazz for the extraordinary Paris-born...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Jim Timmens: Porgy and Bess/Showboat/Gilbert and Sullivan/Hallelujah Spirituals

The cream of New York’s soloists from the late 1950s appear in orchestral settings of stage material, with mixed results,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Lorenz Kellhuber & Standard Experience: The Brooklyn Session

A young straightahead German pianist, with an approach somewhere midway between the Tristano and Monk schools, is in trio with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Paul Hemmings: The Blues and the Abstract Uke

The New York-based ukulele player Paul Hemmings is the, er, George Formby of jazz, and with bassist Gaku Takanashi and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Hairy Sweets Edison: Patented By Edison/Sweetenings

Two Roulette albums from 1958-60 back-to-back that feature Sweets with tenorist Jimmy Forrest, in slightly brisk settings that sound just...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Alan lee: An Australian Jazz Anthology

Although Lee’s vibes playing is firmly rooted in Lionel Hampton, his work is engaging, and this set valuably preserves the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Norbert Stein: Pata Messengers

Avant-garde saxophonist Norbert Stein’s quartet combines attractive jazz lyricism with a freer, contemporary classical inspired vernacular in a musical commentary...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

The Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts/Frank Basile Sextet: In The Empire State

Jeb Patton | Matt Fishwick | Frank Basile | Steve Fishwick | Mike Karn | Osian Roberts

For my (rapidly falling off the perch) generation, the British trumpet player was unquestionably Jimmy Deuchar. And for those who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2016

Dave Brubeck Trio featuring Cal Tjader: Complete Recordings

Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Stanley Turrentine | Paul Chambers | George Tucker | Art Taylor | Al Harewood | Tommy Flanagan

This is a welcome reissue and that makes you wonder why no-one had thought of doing it before. This is...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2018