Iskra 1903: Chapter One (19701972)

Barry Guy | Derek Bailey | Paul Rutherford

This historic 3CD set, resurrected from the formative period before free music became an occasional byword for a tired parade...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Stefano Bollani: Arrivano Gli Alieni

Stefano Bollani

Bollani, who emerged from under the wings of Enrico Rava's ensembles and with whom he maintains an uncanny musical empathy,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Sam Most: From The Attic of My Mind

Flautist Most has a rather unattractive edgy tone but this Xanadu album is mainly worth the listen for the lovely...

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

The Kora Band: New Cities

The pianist Andrew Oliver and Kora player Kane Mathis discover new musical perspectives by creating a dialogue between the jazz,...

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

Erroll Garner: The Complete Concert By The Sea

Denzil Best | Garner | Eddie Calhoun

The “best-selling piano trio record ever” just became twice as long (not thrice, though, since the third CD contains the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Rich Perry: Organique

Hard bop tenor saxophonist Rich Perry is cooking up a storm on his first recording in the classic organ trio...

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

John Scofield: Past Present

John Scofield | Joe Lovano | Larry Grenadier | Bill Stewart

Art born from tragedy doesn't always cut it, no matter how sympathetic we may be to the artist's pain. Yet...

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

Kansas Smitty's Band: Kansas Smitty's

These London-based young fogies have their own retro cocktail bar in Hackney and offer authentically jovial sounding New Orleans and...

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

Milt Jackson: Statements/vibrations

Jackson was still touring with Hank Jones in the 1990s, and the magic of the Statements album was still there,...

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

Joe Farrell: Skate Board Park

Laurence Marable | Chick Corea | Joe Farrell | Bob Magnusson

When Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison left the John Coltrane quartet, the saxophonist who caught their ear was Chicago-born Joseph...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016