Art Metal: The Jazz Raj

Mattias IA Eklundh | Ranjit Barot | Jonas Hellborg | Mattias Ia Eklundh

McLaughlin fans will be intrigued to hear how Barot, who's clattered spectacularly behind Johnny Mac for years now, shapes up...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2014

John Klemmer: Finesse

Fusion fun with tenorist Klemmer and his bag of tricks, echoplex, phaser, and so on, but it's pretty (and I...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Joe Pass: Sounds of Synanon

Pass fans will want his debut on vinyl after rehab, but striking as his playing is, it is just a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Andrew Rathbun Quartet: Numbers & Letters

Jay Anderson | Phil Markowitz | Taylor Haskins | Andrew Rathbun | Bill Stewart

Canadian saxophonist Andrew Rathbun is now into double digits when it comes to bandleader credits. Previous projects have occasionally had...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2014

Dave Brubeck: At Pennsylvania State University 1955

The Brubeck/Desmond partnership in live concert, dubbed from a privately produced LP of the event, has some fine music, despite...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Fred Hersch Trio: Floating

John Hébert | Eric McPherson | Fred Hersch

The great American piano trio in jazz has a long and distinguished history. With so many great names from the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2014

Rufus Harley: A Tribute To Courage

James Glenn | Billy Abner | Oliver Collins | Robert Kenyatta | Rufus Harley

Harley may forever be tagged as the ‘jazz piper’ but, as this enjoyable album shows, he was actually a multi-reed...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2014

Bill Evans: Complete 1956-1962 Studio Albums

Shelly Manne | Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott Lafaro | Monty Budwig | Sam Jones | Teddy Kotick | Chuck Israels | Scott LaFaro | Philly Joe Jones

This dovetails neatly with other recent reissues of probably the most influential pianist of the past half-century: namely, the 1961...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2014

Paolo Fresu: Vinodentro

Italian trumpeter, flugelhornist and much more besides Paolo Fresu isn't as well known in the English-speaking lands as he ought...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2014

Dave Douglas and Uri Caine: Present Joys

Uri Caine | Dave Douglas

With his passing, it's hard not to hold Charlie Haden in mind when listening to this sublime collaboration. Haden and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2014