Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet: Intents and Purposes

A refreshing look at a selection of jazz-rock classics – among them McLaughlin's ‘Resolution’ and Cobham's ‘Red Baron’ – from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Hubert Dupont: Vox XL

This is French bassist Hubert Dupont's rap-spoken word collaboration recorded live with the voices of Vijay Iyer associate Mike Ladd...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Trilok Gurtu: Bad Habits Die Hard

Teodosil Spassov | Geetha Bennett | Nando Carneiro | Jaya Deva | Lars Danielson | Paola Fresu | Andy Emler | Trilok Gurtu

The Kreuzau, North Rhine-Westphalia-based CMP label played an important role in the career of Trilok Gurtu, a musician with exemplary...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: March/2015

Ran Blake: Cocktails at Dusk: A Noir Tribute to Chris Connor

Pianist Ran Blake plays exquisitely on this set of tunes associated with the swing era ex-Stan Kenton band singer Chris...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Django Reinhardt: Five Albums Originaux

Back in the 1970s, the multi-LP Djangologie set on Warner was the way to collect Reinhardt's material – from the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Back Door: Back Door/8th Street Nights/Another Fine Mess

Peter Thorup | Colin Hodgkinson | Ron Asprey | Bernie Holland | Felix Pappalardi | Dave MacRae | Dave Macrae | Tony Hicks

Like a wintry blast from their Yorkshire moors lair where much of their music coalesced, Back Door arrived in 1972,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Mike Stern: Upside Downside

Steve Jordan | Mitch Forman | Bob Berg | Mike Stern | Dave Weckl | Jaco Pastorious | Mark Egan

Here's Stern roaring out of the traps, hot from Miles and given a full-on rock hero studio sound. If this...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

James Taylor Quartet: Hammond A Go-Go The Best Of Acid Jazz

Noel McKoy | Rose Windross | Alison Limerick | David Taylor | Simon Howard | Allan Crockford | James Taylor

Taylor needs little introduction, his Hammond work cornering the late 1980s acid jazz boom. This is a bona fide collection...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Ed Blackwell: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note

Assembling all of Blackwell's appearances on Black Saint and Soul Note proves a slightly mixed bag but, most importantly, the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff

Marcus Gilmore | Vijay Iyer | Stephan Crump

Three years ago this trio played ‘Hood’ at the Vortex in east London, during the Accelerando tour, and club goers...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015