Randy Weston: African Cookbook

Harold Murray | Vishnu Wood | Booker Ervin | Big Black | Lennie McBrowne | Randy Weston | Ray Copland

Alongside Uhuru Kwanza these are two of the chef d'oeuvres in Weston's long and distinguished career, and showcase him as...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2014

Various Artists: Duo Art – Creating Magic

Jacob Karlzon | George Riedel | Henning Kraggerud | Jan Johansson | George Mraz | Michel Wollny | Bugge Wesseltoft | Marius Neset | Sidsel Endresen | Viktoria Tolstoy

There are some memorable moments on this double CD anthology of duo collaborations past and present from the ACT label....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

Slowly Rolling Camera

Jasper Høiby | Jon Visanji | Dionne Bennett | Ilona Bondar | Sarah Stevens | Victoria Stapleton | Elliot Bennett | Mark Lockheart | Alice Hoskins | Rebekah Frost

Initially seeming to be some distance from Dave Stapleton's previous work in an acoustic setting, this has a carapace of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2014

Ari Brown: Groove Awakening

Ari Brown half-resembles a Turrentineish as well as earlier Coltrane tone, and is one of Chicago's forgotten veterans in the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Barb Jungr: Hard Rain – The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen

Barb Jungr | Simon Wallace | Clive Bell | Steve Watts | Gary Hammond | Neville Malcolm | Richard Olatunde Baker

Released on her own Kristalyn Records label, Hard Rain brings together 11 classic songs from the Dylan/Cohen songbooks. Investing everything...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2014

Nina Ferro: Into The Light

James Farrell | Jano Rix | Nina Ferro | Michael Rojas | Steve Mackey | Sam Hawksley

Nina goes to Nashville, and the results are an already classic sounding album of 13 originals, all but three penned...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2014

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio: Follow the Sun

The venerated percussionist's band features LA-based hep cat vocalist Dwight Trible, saxophonist Ari Brown and a cameo from bagpiper Duke...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan: Two of a Mind

Gerry Mulligan | John Beal | Paul Desmond | Wendell Marshall | Ed Shaughnessy | Jim Hall | Connie Kay | Joe Benjamin | Mel Lewis

Paul Desmond's style, tone and conception on alto saxophone remain unique in jazz to this day. In his time he...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall: Live at the Half Note

Art Farmer | Walter Perkins | Jim Hall | Steve Swallow

Renowned for his good taste, flbeautiful tone, fluent swing andflunflappable cool, Art Farmerflwas among everyone's favouriteflperformers, particularly on ballads.flBorn in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014

Arve Henriksen: Chron/Cosmic Creation

Arve Henriksen

Re-imaging Jon Hassell and Japanese shakuhachi flute from the perspective of a Norwegian jazz musician at home with electronics, Arve...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: April/2014