Vloelmans/Weber: Live at the Concertgebouw

Recorded live in Holland, the Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans is in intimate, melancholic mood here in duo with the German...

Reviewed by Seiwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Allan Holdsworth: Flat Tire: Music For A Non-existent Movie

Allan Holdsworth | Dave Carpenter

Like Jack Bruce’s Fairlight release, or Gary Husband’s black box tour recordings, every artist has his shadowy solo corner where...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

Don Grolnick: Nighttown

Bill Stewart | Dave Holland | Don Grolnick | Joe Lovano | Marty Ehrlich | Randy Brecker | Steve Turre

Don Grolnick pretty much reached the top of his profession as a first-call New York studio musician in the 1970s...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2020

Colosseum: Those Who Are About to Die Salute You

Dave Clempson | Dave Greenslade | Dick Heckstall-Smith | James Litherland | Jim Roche | Jon Hiseman | Tony Reeves

Well, these recordings didn't die, did they, so all we can do is salute them, even if they've been reissued...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2017

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Goes To Junior College

The sequel to the hit LP Jazz Goes To College, this is the Brubeck/Desmond combination on top form, live in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Jimi Hendrix: Both Sides of The Sky

Billy Cox | Buddy Miles | Dallas Taylor | Jimi Hendrix | Johnny Winter | Lonnie Youngblood | Mitch Mitchell | Noel Redding | Stephen Stills

This third volume, in what is referred to as a trilogy of Hendrix archive releases covering 2010's Valleys of Neptune...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2018

Joe McPhee/Dave Rempis/Tomeka Reid/Brandon Lopez/Paal Nilssen-Love: Of Things Beyond Thule Volume 2

Brandon Lopez | Dave Rempis | Joe McPhee | Paal Nilssen-Love | Tomeka Reid

Recorded live at The Hungry Brain in Chicago, this stonking set captures an inter-generational quintet of impeccable pedigree with ideas...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith: Celebration

Arild Andersen | Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith

Bassist Arild Andersen's critically acclaimed trio with Tommy Smith on saxophone has toured extensively and recorded for ECM – Live...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012

Dave Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger

Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | David Torn | Mike Baggetta | Ryan Ferreira | Tim Berne

Put the cat out, loosen the trousers, pour a long one, shut your eyes and when you come round in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2019

Katriona Taylor: Blind Passion

Chris Nickolls | Dave Jones | Dominic Ashworth | John Crawford | Katriona Taylor | Peter Hammond | Robin Banerjee | Vasilis Xenopoulos

There's a long tradition of blind and visually-impaired jazz musicians, from Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano and George Shearing through to...

Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: May/2021