Hampton Hawes: For Real!

A west coast jazz classic originally on Contemporary, with Harold Land and Scott LaFaro in the hard-swinging pianist's quartet. With...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2013

Creative Arts Ensemble: One Step Out

Kaeef Ruzadun

South London reissue specialist Pure Pleasure now seems to be repeating the superb job it’s been doing over the past...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2021

Flying Machines: New Life

Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson

Flying Machines are so much more than rock-powered improv. Yeah, we kick off ballistically with the roar and rampage of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018

Linley Hamilton: Making Other Arrangements

Ben Castle | Brendan Doyle | Cian Boylan | Dave Redmond | Dayna Masters | Guy Rickarby | Linley Hamilton | Nigel Clarke

Trumpeter Hamilton is a luminary of the Northern Ireland jazz scene: well-known as a broadcaster, teacher and jazz activist. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2018

Gabriela Friedli Trio: Started

A Swiss piano trio working within an avant-garde jazz framework, and blurring the lines between improvisation and notation....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

James Clay: The Kid From Dallas

The kind of package Fresh Sound does well, collecting the output of a lesser-known tenor player into an informative set...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2015

Johannes Berauer: Hourglass

Bernhard Schimpelsberger | Gwilym Simcock | Martin Berauer | Mike Walker | Thomas Gould

Though the Austrian bassistcomposer Johannes Berauer isn't listed as personnel, he's the main man behind the new recording Hourglass. With...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Various Artists: Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults The Lost Classics of Resonance Records Volume One

Bill Evans Trio | Larry Young | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra | The Three Sounds | Wes Montgomery

This anthology of 14 selections is taken from the Resonance label's growing catalogue and is an ideal way of getting...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2017

Various Artists: Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musician’s Emergency Fund

Hiromi | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Charles Lloyd | Christian McBride | Esperanza Spalding | Herbie Hancock | Jon Batiste | Joshua Redman | Kenny Garrett | Kindred Spirits

In March 2020, a consortium of record labels – Blue Note, Concord Music Group, Mack Avenue Music Group, Nonesuch Records,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021

Marek Jakubowski Trio: My Own…

A young Polish trio drawing on African and folk traditions for their simple reflective themes but lacking some intensity, especially...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017