Troyk-estra: Album Interview: Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2013

Noel Langley | Sam Rapley | Tom Green | Joshua Blackmore | Louis Van Der Westhuizen | Ralph Wyld | Imogen Hancock | Reuben Fowler | Nadim Teimoori | Alex Bonney

Originally commissioned by Jazzwise for its 15th anniversary festival at Ronnie Scott's in 2012, Troyk-estra sees the three members of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

John Coltrane: The Complete Sun Ship Session

Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

Recently released on double CD in the USA by Verve/Impulse! and now available in a lip-smacking limited edition triple vinyl...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: February/2014

Nicholas Payton: Sketches of Spain

Daniel Sadownik | Marcus Gilmore | Vicente Archer | Nicholas Payton | Russell Davies | Sinfonieorchester Basel

It's great that an organisation like the Simphonie Orchestra Basel should take on the task of transcribing the iconic Miles...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2014

Arild Andersen/Paolo Vinaccia/Tommy Smith: Mira

Tommy Smith | Paolo Vinaccia | Arild Andersen

This impressive group's previous trio collaboration, the compelling Live at Belleville, served as a reminder to audiences around the world...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2014

Myra Melford: Life Carries Me This Way

Written in tribute to the late Californian fine artist Don Reich, the Chicagoan New York-based versatile left field pianist plays...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Pablo Held: Elders

Inspired by his elders, the upcoming German pianist extends his better known trio setting and digs into influences that include...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Ben Van Gelder: Reprise

Craig Weinrib | Rick Rosato | Sam Harris | Mark Turner | Peter Schlamb | Ben Van Gelder | Ben Street

First things first: Dutch-born, New York-based saxophonist/composer Ben Van Gelder doesn't have a dad, uncle or granddad named Rudy who...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Percy Heath | Connie Kay | John Lewis | Jimmy Giuffre | Milt Jackson

Originally, they were The Milt Jackson Quartet. Then, for a time, both Jackson and John Lewis called the shots. That...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2015

Charles Mingus: The Clown

Curtis Porter | Jimmy Knepper | Charles Mingus | Jean Shepherd | Dannie Richmond | Wade Legge

The original four-track album of The Clown is one of the huge series of Japanese reissues from Warner. Though sometimes...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014

Gwilym Simcock and the City of London Sinfonia: Instrumation

Thomas Gould | John Parricelli | Gwilym Simcock | Will Schofield | Yuri Goloubev | Martin France

Now he's lost the tag of the new jazz piano boy wonder, Gwilym Simcock's new recordings seem to get much...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014