John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is

John Fedchock | Dave Ratacjzak | Tony Kadleck 4 | Allen Farnham | Mark Vinci 5 | Keith O'Quinn 3 | Bobby Sanabria | Dick Sarpola

It only took a couple of bars of the opener, ‘You and the Night and the Music’ to conjure the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2015

Bruno Heinen & Kristian Borring: Postcard to Bill Evans

Kristian Borring | Bruno Heinen

There's a bit of double-think going on this tribute disc to Bill Evans. German pianist Bruno Heinen appears to be...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2015

Elephant9 with Reine Fiske: Silver Mountain

Reine Fiske | Torstein Lofthus | Ståle Storløkken | Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen

There's no denying the thrusting vitality charging through the snaking chicanes conjured by this formidable fusion unit – essentially a...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2015

Omri Ziegele Billiger Bauer: So Viel Schon Hin 15 Herbstlieder

The experimental Zurich based composer and saxophonist's orchestra Billiger Bauer presents an obscure 15-part work that has influences ranging from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Lou Donaldson: Midnight Sun/Blues Walk

Peck Morrison | Dave Bailey | Horace Parlan | Herman Foster | Ray Barretto | Ben Tucker | Al Harewood | Lou Donaldson

Blue Note wasn't any different than most labels in that it wanted breadand-butter artists on their wish list – those...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2015

Sine Qua Non: Serge Gainsbourg Re-Imagined

Gilad Atzmon | Marianne Haynes | Fayyaz Virji | Fran Harrison | Eddie Hick | Laura Anstee | Felix Tanner | Shanti Paul Jayasinha | Yaron Stavi | Matthew Bourne

The transgressive poet and Gallic chansonnier that is Serge Gainsbourg could never be tied to one musical genre in particular....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

George Cables: In Good Company

Essiet Essiet | Victor Lewis | George Cables

Comparing with the recent HighNote release A Million Colors In Your Mind by the younger Cyrus Chestnut, Cables's album shows...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2015

Hu Vibrational: The Epic Botanical Beat Suite

The erstwhile Yusef Lateef percussionist Adam Rudolph's project features bassist Bill Laswell and guitarist Eivind Aarset and its cultural rhythmic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Lee Ritenour: The Captain's Journey/Feel The Night/Rio

Larry Rosen | Buddy Williams | David Foster | Bill Champlin | Joe Sample | Marcus Miller | Steve Gadd | Jeff Wironov | Patti Austin | Lee Ritenour

A treble-pack of Captain Fingers in his funky fusion prime. These albums were the first under the guiding hand of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2015

Giacomo Gates: Everything is Cool

The vocalese veteran Giacomo Gates with the cognac baritone pays his respects to his hipster vocal heroes including Babs Gonzales...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015