Hush Point

This Brooklyn collective exudes contrapuntal west coast cool avoiding cliché, and features Lee Konitz-ish alto saxophonist Jeremy Udden and experienced...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Szakcsi/Potter/Veal/Carrington: Live at MÜPA

Terri Lyne Carrington | Reginald Veal | Béla Szakcsi Lakatos | Chris Potter

Béla Szakcsi Lakatos is a key figure in Hungarian jazz and his playing is steeped in the percussive dissonance of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Pete York and Young Friends: Basiecally Speaking

Andi Kissenbeck | Gabor Bolla | Wolfgang Schmid | Pete York | Torsten Goods

Here's a dose of goodtime Friday night music that should have you dancing in the aisles. Producer Siggi Loch's relationship...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream (Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72)

Bob Weir | Phil Lesh | Keith Godchaux | Jerry Garcia | Bill Kreutzmann | Donna Jean Godchaux

In May 1972 the Dead that came off an eye-watering and eyeopening double-figure European jaunt had really focussed their playing....

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Kenny Burrell Quintet: Introducing Kenny Burrell/Weaver of Dreams

Bill English | Wendell Marshall | Candido Camero | Kenny Clarke | Kenny Burrell | Bobby Jaspar | Joe Benjamin | Tommy Flanagan

Kenny Burrell reissues are now appearing thick and fast, which is no bad thing but caution is advised with these...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Tony Scott: Three Classic Albums Plus: 52nd Street Scene/The Touch Of Tony Scott/Tony Scott In Hi-Fi/Newport 1958

Tony Scott

Once upon a time, in The Kingdom Of Swing, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and Artie Shaw were the undisputed clarinet...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente: Songs for Maura

Paquito D'Rivera | Paulo Paulelli | Fabio Torres | Edu Ribeiro

New York-based, Cuban-born clarinettist/saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera says that half of his heart is Brazilian, and over the decades he has...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Miles Davis: The Original Mono Recordings

Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Miles Davis | Gil Evans | Wynton Kelly | Thelonious Monk | Jimmy Cobb | Pee Wee Russell | Bill Evans | Kenny Clarke | Pierre Michelot

Here's a novel way to get more mileage out of best-selling material – original LP covers and contents, no alternate...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Harold López-Nussa: New Day

Mayquel Gonzalez | Ruy Adrián López-Nussa | Harold López-Nussa | Gaston Joya

Although Harold López-Nussa's 2009 CD Herencia served notice of a young Cuban pianist capable of upholding the heritage of Gonzalez,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Carol Stevens (with Phil Moore): That Satin Doll

Sultry (often wordless) vocals from Stevens with the cream of 1950s NYC session players in imaginative arrangements by pianist Moore....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014