John Scofield: Electric Outlet

John Scofield | Darryl Jones | Don Grolnick | Omar Hakim

It's no surprise that Sco thanks Miles ‘for everything’ on Electric Outlet. Sco's work on Decoy and You're Under Arrest...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Tobias Preisig: Drifting

A highly atmospheric quartet recording by an expressive young improvising Zurich-born violinist with a passion for folk and ‘romantic’ era...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Stan Getz: At Large – Complete Sessions

A famous Verve album, plus some good bonus material featuring more of Getz with the talented but short-lived Jan Johansson...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Dave Brubeck: Brubeck Plays Bernstein

A curate's egg this — five Bernstein songs elegantly played by the quartet, a ponderous symphonic work by Dave's brother...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Mike Fletcher Trio: Vuelta

Mike Fletcher | Jeff Williams | Olie Brice

Following Birmingham-based saxophonist Mike Fletcher's graduation from his home town's conservatoire in 2005, he formed a big band, the Mike...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Woven Entity

Lascelle Gordon | Peter Marsh | Julie Kjær | Julie Kjaer | Paul May | Patrick Dawes | Ben Cowen | Alan Wilkinson

If rhythm is the foundation, then here's a group that was built from the ground up. Take a couple of...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2015

Will Butterworth Trio: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

The Edinburgh-born pianist has a solid classical educational background but is an autodidact in terms of jazz. He moved to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Florian Pellissier Quintet: Biches Bleues

Dubbed “the best kept secret of the French jazz scene”, pianist Pellissier shouts his allegiance to the 1960s Blue Note...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Horace Silver Quintet: June 1977 – The Livelove Series Volume 2

Eddie Gladden | Chip Jackson | Larry Schneider | Tom Harrell | Horace Silver

Dunno if it's still the case, but at one time it seemed that practically every radio station on mainland Europe...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2015

Gaël Horellou: Brooklyn

The 39-year-old French alto saxophonist spearheads a quartet date featuring the ace swingin' US drummer Ari Hoenig; a dynamic session...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015