Alexey Kruglov/Jaak Sooäär Quartet: The Mighty Five

Jaak Sooäär | Alexey Kruglov | Tanel Ruben | Mihkel Mälgand

The highly rated Moscow-based saxophonist Alexey Kruglov and a leading force in jazz in Estonia, the guitarist Jaak Sooäär (who...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Dewa Budjana: Hasta Karma

This Indonesian guitarist is into a kind of progressive jazz-rock and an all-star ensemble of New York musicians features the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Malene Mortensen: Can't Help It

This MOR jazz-pop-soul Danish singer leads a quartet playing a set, half of which are originals, and half standards from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Charlie Hart's Equators: Masansani Club

The original People Band and New Orleans folk roots-influenced fiddler Charlie Hart leads a band described as ‘African leaning R&B’...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Sean Noonan & Malcolm Mooney: Pavees Dance: There's Always The Night

Describing himself as an Irish griot, the drummer Sean Noonan's raw, quirky avant jazz-rock ensemble has shitloads of character featuring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Alphonse Mouzon: In Search Of A Dream

Stu (credited as Stan) Goldberg | Philippe Catherine | Miroslav Vitous | Joachim Kuhn | Bob Malik | Alphonse Mouzon

A German super-session mixing Mouzon's touring band of the time (Vitous, Malik and Goldberg) with continental acolytes, notably a young...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Kenny Drew: I Love Jerome Kern/Jazz Impressions of Pal Joey

Drew's two Riverside ‘songbook’ albums from 1957 are collated here into an exquisitely tasteful and beautifully played example of piano...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Aaron Goldberg: The Now

Aaron Goldberg | Reuben Rogers | Eric Harland | Kurt Rosenwinkel

This is the fifth CD by the pianist Aaron Goldberg (Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis) with the former Charles Lloyd group...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Cannonball Adderley Sextet: Complete Live In Tokyo 1963

Nat Adderley | Yusef Lateef | Cannonball Adderley | Sam Jones | Louis Hayes | Joe Zawinul

Though his original two horns/three rhythm set-up served him well, Cannonball learned from his tour of duty with Miles that...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2015

Jonathan Kreisberg: Wave Upon Wave

Led by guitarist and composer Kreisberg and featuring British New York-based saxophonist Will Vinson, drummer Colin Stranahan and pianist Kevin...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015