Taylor Haskins: Fuzzy Logic

Kermit Driscoll | Lois Martin | Ben Monder | Taylor Haskins | Joyce Hammann | Jody Redhage | Jeff Hirshfield

I'm not quite sure what inspired trumpeter/composer Taylor Haskins to call this beautifully crafted set of chamber ballads Fuzzy Logic....

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2014

Tim Warfield: Inspire Me!

Tim Warfield | Herb Harris | Antoine Drye | Greg Williams | Kevin Hays | Rodney Green

This is such a good record. First, a word about Washingtonborn 46-year-old Herb Harris. Now a Brooklyn-based tenor player (he...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2014

Kala Ramnath & Ty Burhoe: Samay Chakra

Kala Ramnath | Ty Burhoe

These two musicians have in common the fact that the courses of both their musical lives have been profoundly affected...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: May/2014

Aki Takase La Planete: Flying Soul

The leading avant garde Japanese German-based pianist bases her album on writer Yoko Tawada's novel of the same name alongside...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Elliot Galvin Trio: Dreamland

Zoe Rahman

In the midst of winning awards left right and centre, pianist Elliot Galvin opens up his account with an album...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Hammond Eggs: Back In the Pan

A German outfit (featuring drummer Christoph Huber) that adds a jazz-rock sucker punch to their hallmark B3 trio sound with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Dominic Lash Quartet: Opabinia

Alexander Hawkins | Ricardo Tejero | Dominic Lash | Javier Carmona

Opabinia, the double bassist Dominic Lash's new album, represents the wide spectrum of what constitutes the more experimental side of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Warren Vache/Alan Barnes: The Cobbler's Waltz

Warren Vache | John Pearce | Alan Barnes | Dave Green | Steve Brown

Vache and Barnes are chums, birds of a feather, if you like, and there's a lot of mutual respect evident...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2014

Brother Jack McDuff Quartet with Grant Green: Goodnight, It's Time To Go/The Honeydripper

Grant Green | Ben Dixon | Jimmy Forrest | Harold Vick | Joe Dukes | Brother Jack McDuff

Jimmy Smith may well have possessed the virtuosity but Screamin' Brother Jack McDuff oozed an abundance of gurgling fatback soul...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2014

Album Interview: Marius Neset & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Lion

Ingrid Neset | Eivind Lønning | Daniel Herskedal | Hanna Paulsberg | Erik Johannesen | Gard Nilssen | Peter Fuglsang | Jovan Pavlovic | Eirik Hegdal | Marius Neset

The 29-year-old Norwegian saxophonist/composer Marius Neset has been heralded as a new breed of big tenor players in a lineage...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014