The Joe Harriott Double Quintet, under the direction of John Mayer: Indo-Jazz Suite

Coleridge Goode | Diwan Motihar | John Mayer | Chandrahas Paiganka | Joe Harriott | Alan Ganley | Kenny Wheeler | Pat Smythe | Chris Taylor | Keshan Sathe

On Indo-Jazz Suite's release in 1966 its four tracks – ‘Overture’, ‘Contrasts’, ‘Raga Megha’ and ‘Raga Gaud-Saranga’ – freeze-framed something...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: July/2014

Charles Mingus: Mingus Moves

Doug Hammond | George Adams | Don Pullen | Honey Gordon | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | Ronald Hampton

The bookends of Mingus's second connection with Warner/Atlantic, with Moves being his first album since the recently reissued Columbias (Let...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2014

sPace moNkey: The Karman Line

Two of the hippest Norwegian scenesters – the pianist/programmer Morten Qvenild and drummer Gard Nilssen – come together after having...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Soren Moller: Lines of Progression

A Transatlantic quartet led by a Danish Hammond B3er and featuring gritty New Yorkers, the saxophonist Joel Frahm and drummer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Pat Martino: Joyous Lake

Delmar Brown | Mark Leonard | Kenwood Dennard | Pat Martino

Though universally recognised as a neo-bop guitarist of outstanding fluency and momentum, Pat Martino was also a leading figure in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2014

Coleman Hawkins: The Lost 1950 Munich Concert

Not a reissue but a newly released 1950 concert, this is a valuable recording by Hawk, with James Moody and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Basak Yavuz: Things…

A young Istanbul-based vocalist is joined by one of her mentors Dave Liebman for her debut and sings Turkish originals...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

The Magnificent Seven Jazz Band: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Ben Cummings | Nick Millward | Amy Roberts | Craig Milverton | Ian Bateman | Bill Coleman | Richard Exall

Here are sidemen (or should I say, side persons, given Roberts' presence?) garnered from the present-day Barber, Ball and Bilk...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2014

Billie Holiday: The Complete 1952-1957 Small Group Studio Sessions

Billie Holiday

Featuring over six hours of music, this 5CD retrospective from Masterworks collects together material from 10 albums recorded by the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2014

Goldings Bernstein Stewart: Ramshackle Serenade

If you want to hear a real humming guitar-organ trio featuring jazz musicians with a deep feel for the format...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014