Archie Shepp: The Complete Re- Mastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note

Archie Shepp | Marvin Smith | Cameron Brown | Beaver Harris | Enrico Rava | Clifford Jarvis

The first album on this revealing 4CD set finds saxophonist Archie Shepp in fresh-faced, gruff, and warm-hearted form with trombonist...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2016

John Zorn: Cerberus – The Book Of Angels Volume 26: The Spike Orchestra Plays Masada Book 2

Noel Langley | Paul Booth | Sam Eastmond | Karen Straw | Ashley Slater | Moss Freed | George Hogg | Mike Wilkins | Nikki Franklin | Vasilis Xenopoulos

John Zorn’s Masada project is a complex idea that could refer to a number of different facets: on one level,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2016

Sarah Buechi: Shadow Garden

An idiosyncratic vocalist with obvious echoes of Björk, but also Sidsel Endresen, is accompanied by a piano trio...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Andrew Hill: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Andrew Hill | Rufus Reid | Alan Silva | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Ben Riley

So rich is his Blue Note discography it’s easy to forget that Hill, whose music sounds as unique today as...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016

Andrea Brachfeld: Lotus Blossom

This New Jersey-based flautist has a traditional latin-jazz pedigree and her quartet (with bassist Rufus Reid) recording includes originals and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle: The Space Between

Mike Walker | Stuart McCallum

Although made by a trio of Norwegians, there’s an undeniable Scottish influence on this album. Guitarist Haftor Medbøe has lived...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2017

Thelonious Monk: Complete 1947-56 Trios

Ray Copeland | Larry Gales | Thelonious Monk | Pee Wee Russell | Frankie Dunlop | Charlie Rouse | Phil Woods | Butch Warren | Steve Lacy | Ben Riley

The EJC label is well named in this case, although the contents render redundant an earlier CD of Monk’s first...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016

Bobby Scott/Larry Elgart: Joyful Noises/The City

Fascinating third stream from multiinstrumentalist Scott and big bands directed by Quincy Jones and Elgart, making this an album worth...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Duke Ellington: Ellington Uptown/Liberian Suite/Masterpieces By Ellington

Three great Ellington albums grouped together with alternate takes and a live version of ‘Tattooed Bride’ make this an essential...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Hal McKusick: Three Classic Abums

The first three LP set draws heavily on George Russell's The Jazz Workshop, putting altoist McKusick into stellar company with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016