Eric Alexander: Chicago Fire

Joe Farnsworth | Eric Alexander | Jeremy Pelt | John Webber | Harold Mabern

For more than two decades, Eric Alexander has been the go-to saxophonist for finely crafted modern-mainstream jazz. Based in New...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2014

Rich Perry: Nocturne

On his 21st release with the reliably straight ahead Danish label, the vibrant-toned harmonically imaginative, longtime Village Vanguard house saxophonist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Algorhythmical: Impending Joy

Stu Brown | Ewen Maclean | Kevin Glasgow | Chris Greive | Martin Kersaw

Right, I am not going to begin this review by saying something patronising about the strength of the current Scottish...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014

Kairos Ensemble: Rejoicing Blues

Not to be confused with the 4tet of the same name, this is another UK quartet drawing for their new...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Ivo Perelman Mat Maneri: Two Men Walking

Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Whit Dickey | William Parker | Michael Bisio

True to form, Perelman's latest work materialises in a batch of albums, rather than a single recording. The other continuity...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2014

Pieranunzi, Johnson, Baron: Play Morricone 1&2

Joey Baron | Marc Johnson | Enrico Pieranunzi

The Enrico Pieranunzi-Marc Johnson-Joey Baron piano trio's jazz explorations of the film scores of Ennio Morricone were so well received...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014

Miles Davis: Manchester Concert

Miles Davis | Wynton Kelly | Tony Williams | Jimmy Cobb | Herbie Hancock | Paul Chambers | George Coleman | Sonny Stitt | Ron Carter

Most reissues on American Jazz Classics are of a famous album, with or without bonus tracks, whereas 1951-57 Studio Recordings...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2014

Loren Stillman + Bad Touch: Going Public

A New York-based alto saxophonist in the Konitz mould (a mentor of Stillman's) but from a more angular, emotionally drier...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Michelson Morley: Aether Drift

Will Harris | Jake McMurchie | Mark Whitlam

Get the Blessing saxophonist Jake McMurchie's jazz trio is named after a revolutionary 19th century scientific experiment that's something to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Shelly Manne: …And His Men Play the music of John Williams from the TV Series Checkmate

A reminder that John ‘Star Wars’ Williams was a fine jazz musician, this is his 1961 music for a long...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014