Sonny Stitt: The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt/And the Top Brass

Jimmy Mundy | Ralph Burns | Sonny Stitt | Duke Jordan | Joe Benjamin | Tadd Dameron | Philly Joe Jones

Though compared with Charlie Parker more frequently than he liked, Sonny Stitt nevertheless acknowledged their similarities, as testified by his...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2013

Ensemble Denada: Windfall

Marius Haltli | Nils Jansen | Jens Thoresen | Håkon Mjåset Johansen | Per Mathison | Arild Hillestad | Anders Eriksson | Erik Johannessen | Frank Brodahl | Helge Sunde

There’s nothing retro about Helge Sunde’s Norwegian big band Ensemble Denada – the opening cut features Peter Baden on ‘percutronics’,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2013

Duke Ellington: Meets John Coltrane & Coleman Hawkins

A landmark album pairing, almost identical to the official Impulse! reissue (reviewed last year), save for one extra bonus track...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2013

Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Two

Shoko Nagai | Thomas Kneeland | Matana Roberts | Tomas Fujiwara | Jason Palmer | Jeremiah Abiah

While alto saxophonist is the usual label placed on Roberts, she made it clear with the first chapter of this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2013

Robert Erlandsson Quartet: News

This thirtysomething Stockholm-based double bassist’s homegrown band play originals in a pretty standard, Sonny Rollins-ish contemporary bop style....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Ray Barretto: Latino!/Afro Jaws

The first of the two albums here is more of the same, but the second’s a summit with Lockjaw Davis...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2013

Lorraine Feather: Attachments

The journalist’s daughter, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter takes a conversational, Joni Mitchell-ish approach to originals in a band featuring Russell Ferrante, Dave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Terry Gibbs: Live at the Summit, Hollywood

The vibes player with his full-scale big band in 1961 and two live sets from the West Coast club: great...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2013

Tubby Hayes: New Edition: Rare Radio Recordings 1958-62

Tubby Hayes | Victor Feldman | Jimmy Deuchar | The Jazz Couriers | Walter Bishop Jr. | The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra

This important collection, with helpful liner notes by Simon Spillett, includes some real gems, not least the only live recording...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2013

Scott Neumann: Neu3 Trio Blessed

This Brooklyn-based drummer’s band consists of saxophonist Michael Blake and bassist Mark Helias, the lack of chordal instrument being hardly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013