Sarah Wilson: Kaleidoscope

The laconic Californian-based trumpeter-vocalist-composer demonstrates a taste for freewheeling spirituals, Caribbean/Afro-Cuban beats and Lou Reed-influenced alt-rock on her largely engaging...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Anthony Wilson: Seasons

Guitar nerds take note: this quartet plays four different custom-built John Monteleone acoustics in a ‘live’ laid back seasonsthemed tribute....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Matt Wilson: Hug!

This tightly-bonded quartet (with a frontline of saxophonist Jeff Lederer and cornetist Kirk Knuffke) have an affiliation with early Ornette...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020

Edwin Sanz: Overflow

Alex Wilson | Carlitos Padron | Dimitris Christopolous | Edwin Sanz | Elvin Castillo | Irving Manuel | Jerry Brown | Johan Escalante | Mike Lindup | Naomi Phillips

A modern latin jazz album created in Europe by Geneva-based Sanz – a Venezuelan percussion maestro who has worked with...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2016

Nancy Wilson: Four Classic Albums Plus

A marvellous tribute to one of the great singers, less-well known here in the UK than in the US as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Nailah Porter: ConJazzNess

Nailah Porter

A former attorney and lobbyist on Capitol Hill, Nailah Porter has chosen to leave the corridors of power behind to...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011

Adam Schroeder: Let's

Adam Schroeder | Anthony Wilson | Jeff Hamilton | John Clayton

In days gone by, swing bands had breakout small groups. Think the Benny Goodman Quartet, for instance. Well, this foursome...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014

Charles Lloyd: Trios: Ocean

Anthony Wilson | Charles Lloyd | Gerald Clayton

The joy of Lloyd’s Trios project is that each of the three bands is an on-the-road working band; they’ve not...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022

Karl Berger/Kirk Knuffke: Heart Is A Melody

Jay Anderson | Karl Berger | Kirk Knuffke | Matt Wilson

Now 87, the German-born vibist Berger is the doyen of the New York avant-garde, a long-time sideman with Don Cherry,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023

Dave Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy

Andy Milne | Ben Allison | Dave Glasser | Matt Wilson

This Lee Konitz-influenced saxophonist is a long-time Basie orchestra member, but his remit is wide, covering free-bop, blues-groove and cool...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020