BEJE: Live at the Fringe

Billed as the best European musicians working in Bristol, this quintet run by Swiss-English saxophonist David Mowat share diverse interests...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Fania Allstars: Live At the Cheetah

Adalberto Santiago | Bobby Cruz | Bobby Valentín | Héctor Lavoe | Ismael Miranda | Johnny Pacheco | José ‘Cheo’ Feliciano | Larry Harlow | Larry Rogers | Larry Spencer

A Latin music lover's wet dream, this: not only has Strut Records got together with Fania, the label that launched...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2012

Curtis Fuller: Soul Trombone/Cabin In The Sky

Two unjustly overlooked sessions by the great post-bop trombonist in septet and big band settings....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2012

Chicago Yestet: Not There Yet

Led by trombonist Joel Adams, this easy-going 13-piece combines hip-hop, neo-soul and brass-led fusion with groove-jazz soloing but it leans...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Wojtek Mazolewski: Smells Like Tape Spirit

The Polish bassist-leader is a member of the grungy jazztronica band Pink Freud but this is an acoustic quintet preferring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2011

Stan Getz Quartet & Quintet: The Complete Roost Studio Sessions

Al Haig | Bill Crow | Bob Carter | Don Lamond | Duke Jordan | Eddie Safranski | Frank Isola | Horace Silver | Jimmy Raney | Joe Gallaway

Stanley The Steamer has been gone close on quarter-of-a century, so late-comers can be excused for assuming that Stan Getz's...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2014

Peter Bruun's All Too Human: Vernacular Avant-Garde

Kasper Tranberg | Marc Ducret | Peter Bruun | Simon Toldam

Thirty-something Danish drummer Peter Bruun has worked with some real heavyweights, including Evan Parker, Tim Berne and Django Bates. Here...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2018

Sam Barnett Quintet: New York-London Quintet

Laurence Wilkins | Michele Montolli | Sam Barnett | Timur Pak | Zoe Pascal

I thought the young man cradling a sax on the CD sleeve looked young; almost young enough to be in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2017

Broken Shadows

Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson | Tim Berne

Paying homage to Ornette Coleman isn’t something new for The Bad Plus, of which this band contains three - yes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021

Gert Zimanowski: Ubuntu — We Are One

This German multi-instrumentalist bassist and songwriter's ensemble features the Hammond organist Barbara Dennerlein and singer Bill Ramsey on a session...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016