Chris McNulty: Eternal

This improvising Joni Mitchell-influenced jazz singer-songwriter is joined by a chamber ensemble and trio, including drummer Gregory Hutchinson, on originals...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Matt Brewer: Mythology

Matt Brewer | David Virelles | Marcus Gilmore | Steve Lehman | Mark Turner | Lage Lund

Something of an all-star session even though double bassist-bandleader Brewer may be arguably the least well-known name in the line-up....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015

Matt Lavelle/John Pietaro: Harmolodic Monk

The duo of Lavelle on Cornet/fugelhorn and Pietaro on percussion experiment with temporal, harmonic and textural elements without sacrificing the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Marilyn Mazur: Flamingo Sky

Josefine Cronholm | Krister Jonsson | Marilyn Mazur | Klaus Hovman

Mazur's credentials need no questioning here: with a CV lit up by Miles, Gil Evans and Wayne Shorter, she won't...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Jack DeJohnette: Made In Chicago

Roscoe Mitchell | Larry Gray | Jack DeJohnette | Henry Threadgill | Muhal Richard Abrams

So prominent is his association with Keith Jarrett in the contemporary jazz consciousness, it is overlooked, if not known at...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015

Barney Kessel: Contemporary Latin Rhythms/Breakfast At Tiffany's

Originally on Reprise, these two albums are as their names suggest mainly latin and mainly standards, though the latin ‘Blues...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Luiz Moretto Quintet: Vampyroteuthis

Moretto has worked in Lisbon's African communities and here he plays both violin and African-Brazilian rabeca in a free jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Paul Grabowsky Sextet: The Bitter Suite

Paul Grabowsky | Andrew Robson | Cameron Undy | Simon Barker | Jamie Oehlers | James Greening

Paul Grabowsky is one of the major figures in the Australian jazz scene, but it would be fair to say...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2015

Eddie Henderson: Collective Portrait

Carl Allen | George Cables | Eddie Henderson | Gary Bartz | Doug Weiss

This is the first Smoke Sessions release to be recorded in the studio (Sear Sound, with excellent production by the...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2015

Chico Hamilton: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Andrew Hill | Rufus Reid | Alan Silva | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Ben Riley

Chico Hamilton has always been among the most thoughtful of bandleading drummers capable of embracing a multitude of genres and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016