Stan Sulzmann/Nikki Iles: Lush Life

Dave Holland | Nikki Iles | Stan Sulzmann

Stan Sulzmann and Nikki Iles showed just how much lyrical imagination, restrained virtuosity and empathy they possess as a sax/...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2020

Rufus Reid: Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project

Charence Wade | Freddie Hendrix | Herlin Riley | Ingrid Jensen | Rufus Reid | Scott Robinson | Steve Allee | Tim Hagans | Vic Juris

Double-bass sage Rufus Reid, whose leaner and meaner years were spent with stars like Dexter Gordon, has been involved in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014

Ron Jackson: Standards & My Songs

Ben Wolfe | Ron Jackson | Willie Jones III

Jackson, born in the Philippines when his father was there in the military, grew up in Boston and was educated...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022

Josephine Davies: Satori

Dave Whitford | Josephine Davies | Paul Clarvis

Just as in a card game blow-hard bluffers can risk overplaying their hands, so in music hard-blowing jazzers are sometimes...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2017

Sonny Stitt: Boppin’ In Baltimore – Live at the Left Bank

Kenny Barron | Louis Hayes | Sam Jones | Sonny Stitt

Eavesdropping on an informal session is a mixed blessing. Getting on for half of the first CD in this two-CD...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023

Jamie Saft Quartet: Blue Dream

Bill McHenry | Bradley Christopher Jones | Jamie Saft | Nasheet Waits

What strikes you immediately is the lengths Saft goes to to create a soundworld evoking McCoy Tyner and John Coltrane's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2018

Quincy Jones: Live In Paris 5-7-9 Mars/19 Avril 1960

Hard on the heels of the Scandinavian Harry Arnold collaboration reviewed last month comes this dazzling Paris set by Q's...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2014

Joe Morris: Shock Axis

Chris Cretella | Dave Parmelee | Joe Morris

Sometimes too much is, well, just a little too much. East Coast veteran Joe Morris has made a name for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2016

I Work In Communications: Kiss My Emoji Ring

Dave De Rose | George Crowley | Marius Mathiszik

Thanks to the pandemic, the notion of remote musical collaboration has become almost a commonplace, even for improvisatory musicians. Athens-based...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: October/2022

The Exu

Dave Kane | Emil Karlsen | James Mainwaring

The final track on this new trio’s impressive debut is dedicated to saxophonist Tim Berne, which gives a pretty good...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2025