Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: Crisis

Ole Mathisen | Nasheet Waits | Amir Elsaffar | Tareq Abboushi | Amir ElSaffar | Zafer Tawil | Carlo DeRosa

Trumpetersinger ElSaffar's exploration of the hypnotic modes or maquam of Iraq through the compass of jazz continues to produce thrilling...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015

Trio DEF

Drawing inspiration from Terje Rypdal and David Torn, this Canadian-American all guitar trio adds a portion of Sco funk for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Charlie Parker: Complete Savoy Masters

Miles Davis | Slam Stewart | Tommy Potter | Tiny Grimes | Bam Brown | Rubberlegs Williams | Max Roach | Bud Powell | Trummy Young | Nelson Boyd

A fitting companion to the Dials reviewed above, this Savoy set has marginally fewer tracks done under the leadership of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2015

Sally Night: Night Time

The Japanese Venus label puts the spotlight on an ex-Brit mainstream straightahead singer with a touch of class while the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Cormac McCarthy: Cottage Evolution

Not the famous novelist but an award-winning pianist and composer from Cork with an engagingly pastoral Irish folk-influenced album for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Judith & Dave O'Higgins Present: The Abstract Truth Big Band

Sebastiaan DeKrom | Henry Armburg Jennings | Mark Nightingale | Katharina Thomsen | Trevor Mires | Alistair White | Adrian Hallowell | Graham Harvey | Chris Allard | Mike Lovatt

Oliver Nelson's aptly titled 1961 album The Blues and the Abstract Truth is such a perfectly-tuned iconic statement that it...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2015

King Crimson: THRAK

Adrian Belew | Trey Gunn | Tony Levin | Robert Fripp | Pat Mastelotto | Bill Bruford

Whoever's buying these Crimson box sets must have shelves like the Firth of Forth Bridge because they are truly humungous....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2015

Extemporize: Capital

The drum and bass meets electric Miles approach here sounds dated at this point, reminiscent of Erik Truffaz in part,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck: Two

Chick Corea | Béla Fleck

Late flowering Corea is a wonder to behold. His technical facility, his unique vision and utter surety in his playing...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2015

Ahmad Jamal Trio: The Classic 1958-1962 Recordings

Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Vernel Fournier

Both the esteemed Brian Priestley and Yours Truly have exhaustively covered this material in these pages to where it's now...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015