Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Caravan/Buhaina's Delight

Freddie Hubbard | Curtis Fuller | Wayne Shorter | Jymie Merritt | Reggie Workman | Cedar Walton | Art Blakey

Eagle-eyed Jazzwise readers will note that I did an almighty blitz on Messengers releases by this lineup, not too long...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2014

Tohpati: Tribal Dance

Jimmy Haslip | Chad Wackerman | Tohpati

Like his Indonesian compatriot Dewa Budjana, Tohpati has a boggling technique that embraces every mode of jazz-rock guitarism. Unlike Budjana's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014

Ivo Perelman & Karl Berger: Reverie

Ivo Perelman | Karl Berger

Given the fact that the prolific Brazilian tenor saxophonist plays within a relatively small circle of musicians, the appearance of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014

Henri Texier: Hope Quartet

Sébastien Texier | Louis Moutin | Henri Texier | François Corneloup

Henri Texier is one of the great pillars of contemporary French jazz. He originally came to international prominence as a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014

Bugge Wesseltoft's OK World: OK World

Shrikant Shriram | Josemi Carmona | Amade Cossa | Maryam Saleh | Bugge Wesseltoft | Vivek Rajagopalan | Georges Nehme

It could well be that Bugge Wesseltoft's growing fascination with the diverse musical cultures the world has to offer has...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014

Various Artists: Four Horns and a Lush Life

Russ Garcia conducts a four-bone octet through a dozen standards, notable for the ‘I can do anything’ jousting of Rosolino...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Ed Barker: Simple Truth

An ex-NYJO Cockney Californian saxophonist combines bebop and smooth R&B licks with a band that features Richard Niles and Laurence...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Torben Snekkestad and Barry Guy: Slip Slide and Collide

Barry Guy | Torben Snekkestad

According to the sleeve, this album was recorded by bassist and composer Barry Guy, founder of the London Jazz Composers...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: October/2014

Howard Riley: To Be Continued

Joe McPhee | John Snyder | Jerry Jones | Michael Driver | Ernie Vaughn | Eddie Saunders | Albert Henderson | Norman Moore | Freddie Johnson | Charlie McPhee

The elusive veteran pianist resumes his specialised solo piano role, playing mostly his own compositions, marked by intriguingly detailed harmony...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Gene Krupa: Second Set/Four Classic Albums Sing, Sing, Sing/Gene Krupa Quartet/Krupa Rocks/The Jazz Rhythms Of Gene Krup

Teddy Napoleon | Bobby Scott | Milt Hinton | Mort Herbert | John Drew | Gene Krupa | Gail Cutis | Eddie Shu

Can anyone forget that mid-1940s photograph of the entire Gene Krupa Orchestra decked out in bebop berets, dark shades and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014