William Hooker Trio: Remembering

The veteran percussionist raises a rowdy fire-music kerfuffle in the company of brooding double-bassist Damon Smith and guitarist Ava Mendoza,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Barney Wilen: La Note Bleue

Barney Wilen

Born in Nice in 1937 and something of a musical prodigy, Barney Wilen was barely out of his teens when...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2021

Gabrielle Ducomble: J'ai De Amours

A Belgian, London-based Guildhall postgraduate fronts a band that includes pianist Alex Hutton and guitarist Nicolas Meier and sings standards,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Peter Brötzmann & Johannes Bauer: Blue City

Johannes Bauer | Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brötzmann found this tape by chance, usefully labelled with recording date (16 October, 1997), city (Osaka, Japan) and venue...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017

John Hollenbeck: Songs We Like A Lot

Gary Versace | John Hollenbeck | Kate McGarry | Theo Bleckmann | Uri Caine

Commissioned once again by the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, this follow-up to John Hollenbeck's Grammy-nominated 2013 album Songs I Like...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2015

Wayne Escoffery Quintet: Live at Firehouse 12

Jason Brown | Orrin Evans | Rachel Z | Rashaan Carter | Wayne Escoffery

Different generations of Escofferys have made important contributions to various branches of black British music, generally on the R&B and...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2014

Moz Trio: Sparkling Water, Please

Martina Almgren | Owe Almgren | Zoe Rahman

London-based Zoe Rahman won last year’s MOBO Jazz award following her piano trio recording Kindred Spirits. Here she takes on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Kenny Garrett: Pushing the World Away

Benito Gonzalez | Brian Sanders | Carolin Pook | Corcoran Holt | Jean Baylor | Jen Herman | Kenny Garrett | Marcus Baylor | Mark Whitfield Jr | McClenty Hunter

Last year’s Seeds from the Underground CD was a Grammy magnet, collecting two nominations – for ‘solo’ and ‘best instrumental...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Ari Ambrose: Retrospect

The chirpy, luxurious-toned tenor saxophonist goes back to Coleman Hawkins as well as forward to Joe Lovano for inspiration and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Richard Andrew Schwartz: Song For My Mother

Bill Grimes | Ellis Marsalis | Iuliia Akers | Mike Esneault | Richard Andrew Schwartz | Troy Davis

This album features a collection of musicians who work in and around New Orleans. Indeed, it includes two pieces, ‘Alpha...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2021