Tineke Postma/Greg Osby: Sonic Halo

Tineke Postma | Greg Osby | Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Linda Oh

The internationally acclaimed Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma offers her personal slant on the contemporary free bop lineage with unwavering dedication....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Miles Davis: Round About Midnight

Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | John Coltrane | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

This is a wacky idea, not to say entirely misconceived – hence the split rating. There might be some small...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Thelonious Monk: Jackie-ing

Thelonious Monk | John Ore | Frankie Dunlop | Charlie Rouse

As if to disprove my comment in Jazzwise 186 about the relative infrequency of recordings from Monk's first European tour,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Darius Jones: The Oversoul Manual

Here the NY-based jazz saxophonist Darius Jones redirects his avant garde sensibilities into creating a mystical 15-part acapella suite for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Louis Armstrong and his All Stars: Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings

Billy Kyle | George Avakian | Trummy Young | George Wettling | Bob Haggart | Jack Lesberg | Barrett Deems | Sid Catlett | Edmond Hall | Dick Cary

The personnel list above almost tells the whole story, what with the turnover of regular players during the 11-year period...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Chris Dundas: Oslo Odyssey

Bendik Hofseth | Arild Andersen | Patrice Heral | Chris Dundas

It's not often a musician succeeds in remaining under the radar for over a decade and a half and then...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Jøkleba: Outland

Jon Balke | Audun Kleive | Per Jørgensen

This is the fifth recording from the Norwegian trio Jøkleba, but their first for ECM. While that would be considered...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Lifestories

Recorded in the south of Italy, this is an Italian quartet bar the veteran UK guitarist Jim Mullen. There's a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Duke Ellington: My People

Highlights of this 1964 stage show came out on a Contact L P, but recently Storyville issued the whole performance,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Christoph Irniger Pilgrim: Italian Circus Story

This reliably left-field Swiss jazz and improv label presents a homegrown rising young sax star's quintet with his creative and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015