Dexter Gordon: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Christian McBride | Mitchel Forman | Herbie Hancock | Wayne Shorter | Gary Willis | Brian Blade | Tom Brechtlein | Danilo Pérez

Things for every serious jazz fan to do before they die, number one: catch the North Sea Jazz Festival. This...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014

Skadedyr: Kongekrabbe

Hans Hulbækmo | Lars Ove Fossheim | Ida Løvli Hidle | Anja Lauvdal | Heida Mobeck | Marius Klovning | Joakim Heibø | Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson | Adrian Løseth Waade | Ina Sagstuen

Here's yet more proof, if it were needed, that Norway's young musicians are doing more than most to carry the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2014

Anders Mogensen: Another Day at the Office

Gary Thomas | Carl Winther | Daniel Franck | Anders Mogensen

This writer isn't as ardent an admirer of contemporary European jazz as many of his reviewer colleagues, but these Danish...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2014

Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Donny McCaslin | Randy Brecker | Joe Locke | Bill Evans | Mike Stern | David Kikoski | Tommy Smith | Clarence Penn | David Liebman | Joel Frahm

Thumbing through the achievements of Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra it's necessary to pinch yourself to make...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Let Spin

Moss Freed | Chris Williams | Ruth Goller | Finlay Panter

Let Spin, a new prog-jazz supergroup, has a foot in both the London and Manchester camps of the UK's alt....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Otis Redding: The King of Soul

Exhaustive 4 CD 97 track set of the iconic singer and composer’s Volt, Stax and Atco sides from 1962 until...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum

Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre | Eric Schaefer | Theo Bleckmann | Michael Wollny

With regular bassist Eva Kruse taking a sabbatical following the birth of her second child, the critically acclaimed piano trio...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Various Artists: Modern Brass Bands: First and Second Lines, New Orleans 1990-2005

If you worried that the second line tradition was dying out, this 3CD set by eight contemporary brass bands will...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Polwechsel: Traces of Wood

A trio collective of double bassist Werner Dafeldecker, cellist Michael Moser, and drummer-percussionist Burkhard Beins have been working for a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Count Basie: Kansas City 7/Memories ad lib

A pairing of 2 LPs originally on Impulse and Roulette, the 7-piece KC ensemble is the better, compared to Basie’s...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014