Braun Whalum Brown: BWB

This trio of veteran smooth jazz dudes must be able to churn this stuff out in their sleep by now....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Milford Graves and Bill Laswell: Space/Time – Redemption

Bill Laswell | Milford Graves

There's no doubting the eminence of these two musicians, presented here as a duo for the first time on record....

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2015

Randy Weston: The African Nubian Suite

Alex Blake | Ayanda Clarke | Ayodele Maakheru | Billy Harper | Candido | Cecil Bridgewater | Howard Johnson | Jane Cortez | Lewis Nash | Lhoussine Bouhamidy

The inclusion of the long deceased Melba Liston in the credits is not a minor detail. The trombonist penned the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017

Kenny Burrell: Bluesin' Around

Eddie Bert | George Duvivier | Hank Jones | Illinois Jacquet | Jack McDuff | Jimmy Crawford | Joe Dukes | Kenny Burrell | Leo Wright | Louis Hayes

First released on LP by Columbia some 20 years after these varied sessions were recorded, this CD version is in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2017

Hank Mobley: Workout + Hank Mobley Quartet

Art Blakey | Doug Watkins | Grant Green | Hank Mobley | Horace Silver | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Wynton Kelly

It probably wasn't meant to be, but when, back in the day, Leonard Feather described Hank Mobley as “middleweight champion...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Jessica Pavone: Silent Spills

Jessica Pavone

Violist Jessica Pavone is arguably best known for her duos with pitch-shifting guitarist Mary Halvorson, where the pair – both...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2016

Various Artists: Actions For Free Jazz

Aotearoa Snuff Jazz Sextet and EYE | Cato Salsa Experience | Christian Marclay | Diskaholics Anonymous Trio | Evan Parker | Free Fall | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jim O'Rourke | Joe McPhee | Ken Vandermark

The phrase ‘Actions For Free Jazz' – pinched from Don Cherry and Krystzof Penderecki's ‘Actions for Free Jazz Orchestra' –...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021

Duke Ellington: Far East Suite

Buster Cooper | Cat Anderson | Chuck Connors | Cootie Williams | Duke Ellington | Harry Carney | Herbie Jones | Jimmy Hamilton | John Lamb | Johnny Hodges

With Sony giving the RCA Victor catalogue the same treatment as the Columbia/Legacy series, there could hardly be a better...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

David Chesky: Jazz in the New Harmonic

Billy Drummond | David Chesky | Javon Jackson | Jeremy Pelt | Peter Washington

In the liner notes, there are references to projects as far apart as early Gunther Schiller Third Stream ventures and...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Ben Van Gelder: Reprise

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

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