Nypan: Republique

This Norwegian guitarist's Parisianbased quintet, featuring Brecker-ish saxophonist Rick Margitza, has a rather generic, pallid latin-based fusion feel to it....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Gary Husband and Alex Machacek: Now

Stéphane Galland | Fabrizio Cassol | Michel Hatzigeorgiou

Historically Husband's enjoyed a tortured relationship with the piano ever since his erstwhile teacher hurled his beloved Bill Evans recordings...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2018

Les McCann: On Time

Not even the out of tune piano can detract from McCann’s impressive swinging drive, aided here by Joe Pass, on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz

Ella Fitzgerald

Featuring over 12 hours of music, this 10CD retrospective from Verve Records, Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz presents some...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Andre Canniere: Coalescence

Hannes Riepler | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock | Andre Canniere | Ivo Neame

This is the follow up to the trumpeter-composer's standout 2012 debut also on bassist Michael Janisch's prolific Whirlwind label, with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Simcock & Goloubev: Duo Art: Reverie at Schloss Elmau

Gwilym Simcock | Yuri Goloubev

Following his Mercury-nominated solo CD Good Days at Schloss Elmau recorded for Munich's ACT label in 2012, the acclaimed English...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Blue Mitchell & Junior Cook: Quintet Sessions/The Cup Bearers/Junior's Cookin'

Dodo Coker | Junior Cook | Ronnie Matthews | Blue Mitchell | Cedar Walton | Roy Brooks | Gene Taylor

Junior Cook and Blue Mitchell made up the front line of Horace Silver's wildly successful Quintet which between 1958 and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014

Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble: A Trumpet in the Morning

EJ Allen | Howard Johnson | Uri Caine | Brad Jones | Marty Ehrlich | Eric McPherson | Ray Anderson | JD Parran | Drew Gress | Matt Wilson

Marty Ehrlich's arrangements for his disciplined, brass-heavy 15-piece ensembles remind me of the genre-crossing blends that the experimental big bands...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2014

Don Cherry: Live In Stockholm

Leif Wennerstrom | Okay Temiz | Don Cherry | Bernt Rosengren | Torbjorn Hultcrantz | Rolf Olsson | Maffy Falay | Tommy Koverhult

Much has been made of Cherry's status as a pioneer of jazz as a universal means of expression that draws...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

Amir ElSaffar: Alchemy

Ole Mathisen | Amir Elsaffar | Dan Weiss | Francois Moutin | John Escreet | Amir ElSaffar

A pair of suites dominate here, although this lengthy album is closed out by three individual numbers. The ‘Ishtarum Suite’...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2014