Bill O'Connell & The Latin Jazz All-Stars: Zocalo

Steve Slagle | Richie Flores | Adam Cruz | Luques Curtis | Conrad Herwig | Bill O'Connell

Pianist O'Connell has worked with latin groups, including those of Mongo Santamaria, Dave Valentin, The Fort Apache Band and the...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2014

Romain Pilon: Colorfield

Michael Janisch | Romain Pilon | Walter Smith lll | Jamire Williams

Pilon is a young French guitarist prominent in the Paris underground jazz movement after a worthy US stint that included...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2014

Shelly Manne & His Men: Boss Sounds! – Shelly Manne & His Men At Shelly's Manne-Hole

Shelly Manne | Frank Strozier | Mike Wofford | Monty Budwig | Conte Candoli

Like his opposite East Coast number Art Blakey, Our Manne Shelly chose his sidemen wisely. This is Shelly's post-Blackhawk line-up...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2014

Webster Wraight Ensemble: No Lucky Days

Adam Linsley | Peter Wraight | Chris Cole | George Double | Gordon Campbell | Charles Webster | David Roberts | Andrew Lofthouse | Stuart Brooks | Geoff Pearson

A collaboration between an electronic dance producer/drummer Charles Webster and Matthew Herbert big band arranger Peter Wraight brings together a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Schweizer Favre: Live in Zurich

Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | Aruan Ortiz

Recorded live for a leading avant garde Swiss-based label, this playfully spirited piano and percussion duo has an infectiously raw...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Marius Neset: Suite for the Seven Mountains

Andreas Birk | Anton Eger | Christoffer Ohlsson | Patricia Mia Andersen | Marius Neset | Karen Johanne Pedersen | Magnus Hjorth | Petter Eldh

Everybody loves tenorist Marius Neset since the release of his entirely revelatory second album, Golden Xplosion, in 2011 and its...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014

The Jamie Baum Septet+: In This Life

Zachary Lober | Amir Elsaffar | Dan Weiss | Jamie Baum | Taylor Haskins | Brad Shepik | Chris Komer | John Escreet | Amir ElSaffar | Jeff Hirshfield

When is a septet not a septet? When it's a septet+, of course. Flautist/composer Jamie Baum has been leading her...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014

Comanda Barabba: Jazz Resistant

An Italian five piece, formed in the late 1990s, perform a mix of originals strongly inspired by Ornette Coleman and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Linda Oh: Sun Pictures

James Muller | Linda Oh | Ben Wendel | Ted Poor

Apparently Australian bassist/composer Linda Oh spent her youth playing in Red Hot Chili Peppers cover bands. You'd never guess she...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014

Marquis Hill: The Poet

A Chicago-based trumpeter leads his Blacktet in a set of originals that are a kind of post-CTI version of hard...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014