Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Shadow Man

Tim Berne | Ches Smith | Matt Mitchell | Oscar Noriega

Tim Berne is on record as stating that his Snakeoil ensemble is a band that loves to rehearse. And, boy,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start

Bob Thiele

With its irreverent message to buyers to only pay a single album price for the double album on the front...

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

Marcel Marceau: …Presents Swing im Bahnhof

The famous mime is as inaudible as ever introducing this concert by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland in 1965, with great...

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

Nicky Schrire: Space and Time

Nicky Schrire | Gerald Clayton | Gil Goldstein | Fabian Almazan

By stripping away the rhythm section and horns of her debut, Freedom Flight, this second album from the New York-based...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Dr Lonnie Smith: The Healer

Jonathan Kreisberg | Dr Lonnie Smith | Jamire Williams

Having been lucky enough to see Smith at the Jazz Café with Lou Donaldson a few years ago, I can...

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

Daniel Rosenboom's: Book of Omens

Trumpeter Rosenboom's apocalyptic suite has a experimental prog rock dimension as well as a noir-ish noughties Dave Douglas-infl uenced sound...

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

Julie London: Calendar Girl/Around Midnight

The show biz end of London's late-1950s and early-60s recordings, still with her husky, jazzy voice, but set in schmaltzy...

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

Conte Candoli/Lou Levy: West Coast Wailers

A high octane quintet, tenorist Bill Holman balancing Candoli's powerful horn, this band plays post-bop swing, mainly on standards, with...

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

Nick Smart's Trogon: Tower Casa

Dave Hamblett | Denny ‘Jimmy’ Martinez | Pete Eckford | Kishon Khan | Chris Montague | Nick Smart

The head of Jazz at the Royal Academy of Music has released two CDs previously, both tributes, Remembering Nick Drake...

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

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Mat Maneri: A Violent Dose Of Anything

Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri

A wild card in Pereleman's voluminous biography to say the least, and not simply because it marks the arrival of...

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