The Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble: Circulation: The Music of Gary McFarland

Bruce Barth | Joe Locke | Michael Benedict | Mike Lawrence | Sharel Cassidy

When composer, arranger, singer and vibraphonist Gary McFarland died in 1971 he was 38 and contemplating a career writing and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2015

Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus: The Distance

Alan Ferber | Ben Gerstein | Brian Settles | Chris Speed | Dave Ballou | Jacob Garchi | Jeff Nelson | Kirk Knuffke | Kris Davis | Loren Stillman

Formanek may be known primarily through his long running association with Tim Berne but he has been a bandleader of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016

Nils Wogram: Nostalgia

Admired German trombonist with a striking contemporary trio that mixes dreamy contemplation and energetic humour and features the inventive Hammond...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2011

John Coltrane: Blue Train

Albert Heath | Curtis Fuller | Donald Byrd | Earl May | John Coltrane | Kenny Drew | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

Forgive me for a moment’s fictional indulgence, but I can just imagine a production meeting over at American Jazz Classics’...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2020

Andy Galore: Out & About

The veteran electric bassist's punchy jazz-rock fusion debut has an all-star cast with Mike Stern and Oz Noy sharing axe...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Marco Marconi Trio: Nordik

An assured UK debut for an Italian pianist with a trio of Italian expats based on the London jazz scene...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Eric Legnini and the Afro Jazz Beat: Sing Twice!

Boris Pokora | Da Romeo | David Donatien | Emi Meyer | Eric Legnini | Franck Agulhon | Hugh Coltman | Jerry Edwards | Julien Alour | Mamani Keïta

‘File Under: Jazz’, says the press release. But this new disc from Belgian keysman Eric Legnini, who first emerged...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2013

Stanley Cowell: It's Time

This acoustic piano trio recording is evidence this cosmic-jazz veteran, with his intoxicating modal-infused sound and notable writing skills, is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Steve Coleman And Five Elements: The Mancy Of Sound

Jen Shyu | Jonathan Finlayson | Marcus Gilmore | Ramon Gracia Perez | Steve Coleman | Thomas Morgan | Tim Albright | Tyshawn Sorey

Although jazz guide books invariably flag up Steve Coleman’s unorthodox approaches to meter and rhythm, it is worth noting that...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2011

Coleman Hawkins/Zoot Sims/Phil Woods: Saxes Inc

A seven-sax front line jams its lively way through Bob Prince's head arrangements, more successfully than the four-bone “Trombone Scene”...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012