Jim Snidero: MD66

Alex Sipiagin | Andy Laverne | Jim Snidero | Rudy Royston | Ugonna Okegwo

The New York altoist's 20th release is as direct and muscular as ever, and with a fine, integrated and like-minded...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: February/2017

Ahmad Jamal Trio: The Classic 1958-1962 Recordings

Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Vernel Fournier

Both the esteemed Brian Priestley and Yours Truly have exhaustively covered this material in these pages to where it's now...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015

Dianne Reeves: Beautiful Life

Christian McBride | Cyrus Chestnut | Hartford Symphony Orchestra | Isaiah Marquez-Greene | Jimmy Greene | Jonathan Dubose | Kenny Barron | Lewis Nash | Pat Metheny | Renee Rosnes

The inimitable Dianne Reeves is back with her first studio album for five years. Featuring an all-star cast, the overall...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2015

Dead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes

Bill Carbone | Charlie Kohlhase | Dave Ambrosio | Jared Sims | Matt Steckler | Terry Goss

Dead Cat Bounce, led by New York-based composer and reedsman Matt Steckler, has a cheeky, massed horn approach similar to...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2012

Omer Klein: Personal Belongings

Amir Bresler | Haggai Cohen-Milo | Omer Klein

The aptly-titled Personal Belongings originated close to the heart of the gifted Frankfurt-resident Israeli pianist Omer Klein, being a half-dozen...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

SEED Ensemble: Driftglass

Cassie Kinoshi | Chelsea Carmichael | Cherise Adams-Burnett | Joe Armon-Jones | Joe Bristow | Miguel Gorodi | Mr. Ekow | Patrick Boyle | Rio Kai | Sarah Tandy

Though Cassie Kinoshi is fully aware of 1960s American civil rights suites such as her alto icon Jackie McLean’s It’s...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2019

Tony Malaby’s Sabino: The Cave of Winds

Ben Monder | Michael Formanek | Tom Rainey | Tony Malaby

In years to come, our tales of how we coped with the great early-2020s pandemic will be as many and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022

Metá Metá: MM3

Acclaimed Sao Paulo Afro-jazz-punk agit prop band tackle head on their home country's institutional corruption and racism with determined grit...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra: The Concert at The Pleyel, Paris 1958

Britt Woodman | Clark Terry | Duke Ellington | Fats Ford | Harold Baker | Harry Carney | Jimmy Hamilton | Jimmy Johnson | Jimmy Woode | John Sanders

Although the liner notes do not say, the 1958 Pleyel concert took place on 20 November and was probably televised...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2013

Vitor Pereira Quintet: New World

Didier Lockwood | Francis Lockwood | Gordon Beck | Jean-Michel Kajdan | John Etheridge | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Tony Williams

A London resident since 2004, this is the Portuguese guitarist's second recording for quintet and features an assertive sax duo...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017