Miles Davis: Walkin'

JJ Johnson | Percy Heath | Dave Schildkraut | Gil Coggins | Miles Davis | Kenny Clarke | Lucky Thompson | Horace Silver | Jackie McLean

One of Miles' great early triumphs for Prestige, reissued here with additional Blue Note material from the same era –...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2020

Justin Robinson: Alana's Fantasy

The longtime Roy Hargrove alto saxophonist makes his Criss Cross debut, and it's a fierily progressive hard bop date that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Herb Ellis: Meets Stan Getz, Roy Eldridge, Art Pepper and Jimmy Giuffre

Away from Oscar's trio, Ellis shines, in a sparkling quintet session with Getz and Roy, and then in a Giuffre...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Per Storby Jutbring: Dance of the Diaper Fairy

This Swedish pianist mixes up composition and improvisation in a sound that recalls all the worst aspects of Einaudi's populist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Sean Jones: Im.pro.vise Never Before Seen

Orrin Evans | Luques Curtis | Obed Calvaire | Sean Jones

For the purposes of jazz industry marketing, Jones may be profiled as the great post-bop hope, nouveau Freddie et al....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2014

Harry Sweets Edison: The Inventive Mr Edison/Jawbreakers

The Inventive from 1953 makes its first appearance on CD, having been an obscure Pacific Jazz LP of Sweets in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Album Interview: Sarah Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

Sarah Jane Morris | Henry Thomas | Avishai Cohen | Martyn Baker | Dominic Miller | Adriano Adewale | Tony Rémy

In many ways, this is a remarkable album. Remarkable for its ambition, its sound world, its powerful stories and, at...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2014

Albert Ball's Flying Aces

This London-based sextet of young fogies takes us back to a place 100 years ago and gives some authentic oomph...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Marko Churnchetz: Devotion

Andrew Cyrille | Uri Caine | Dave Douglas

The 28-year-old Slovenian pianist Marko Churnchetz spends much of his time journeying between his home country and New York. The...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Mali All Stars: Bogolan Music

Damon Albarn | Oumou Sangare | Cheick Tidiane Seck | Vieux Farke Toure | Dee Bridgewater | Toumani Diabate | Mangala Camara

Bogolan means ‘made from mud’ in Bambara, the main language of Mali. Bogolan textiles are ubiquitous across West Africa –...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2014