Sean Khan: Muriel

Omar | Laurie Lowe | Nathan Mansfield | John Hoare | Heidi Vogel | Sabrina Malheiros | Mike Edmonds | Andy Noble | Diana Martinez | Sean Khan

London-based multi-instrumentalist and leftfield thinker Sean Khan has been working under the radar on his second album, and what a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Buddy Bregmang: A Jazz Portrait of the Hollywood Arranger

Well-known for his charts for Ella, Bing and Anita, this focuses on Bregman's own work, and is a cornucopia of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

West Hill Blast Quartet: Live At Cafe Oto

Maggie Nicols | Tony Marsh | Charlie Hart | Paul Jolly | Terry Day | Dave Chamber | Mike Figgis | Davey Payne | Ed Dean | Mel Davis

Although they draw on the vocabulary of free jazz, these four musicians are only, to varying degrees, free jazz musicians...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: April/2016

Ellf Ça lar: Misfit

A Turkish singer-songwriter reminiscent of Esperanza Spalding fronts a band featuring such red hot US jazzers as Aaron Parks and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Simon Phillips: Protocol III

Steve Weingart | Andy Timmons | Satnam Singh Ramgotra | Ernest Tibbs | Simon Phillips

By all the saints percussive, how much fun must it be to be Phillips and get paid for whacking things...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Freedom Atlanta Pop Festival

Billy Cox | Jimi Hendrix | Mitch Mitchell

Atlanta may have a less iconic status than Woodstock and the Isle Of Wight in the canon of Mr Midnight...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Jesper Lundgaard Trio: 60 Out Of Shape

Live at the revitalised Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, the 60 year old bassist celebrates his birthday playing classic standards in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Chet Baker: The Thrill Is Gone

A good 3CD anthology of Baker's work, including a Mulligan reunion – the real Interest here being lesser-known mid- late...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Herbie Hancock: Herbie Hancock Box

Freddie Hubbard | Bernard Fowler | Tony Williams | Freddie Washington | Bill Laswell | Gavin Christopher | Herbie Hancock | Wayne Shorter | Harvey Mason | Daniel Ponce

There is a fascinating debate to be had about the respective merits of Blue Note Herbie and Columbia Herbie, given...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Tim Thornton: The Feel Good Place

James Gardiner-Bateman | Grant Windsor | Chris Draper | Tim Thornton

The screen print portrait of the 26-year-old bassist Tim Thornton on the CD sleeve of The Feel Good Place bears...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016