Marshall Allen: New Dawn

Akiko Arendt | Bruce Edwards | Cecil Brooks | Derek Washington | Dimitra Karageorgopoulou | Elias Feldmann | George Gray | Ilektra-Despoina Stevi | Jamaaladeen Tacuma | Jan Lankisch

Was there ever a more astonishing career trajectory than Marshall Allen’s? Two days after his 100th birthday last year, he...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2025

Cootie Williams: Concerto For Cootie – Selected Recordings 1928-1962

Barney Bigard | Benny Goodman | Charlie Shavers | Coleman Hawkins | Cootie and Rex | Cootie Williams | Dinah Washington | Duke Ellington | Eddie Mack | Jimmy Johnson

Acrobat’s sumptuous 4-CD collection devoted to trumpeter and star Ellingtonian, Cootie Williams (1911-1985), states: “Features performances with Duke Ellington, Benny...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Harvey Mason: Chameleon

Ben Williams | Bill Summers | Chris Turner | Christian Scott | Corey King | Harvey Mason | Jimmy Haslip | Kamasi Washington | Kris Bowers | Mark de Clive-Lowe

Miles may have exhorted us never to look back, but Mason's pulled off a cunning ploy with his splendid Concord...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014

Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones: Astrild Astrild

These Brittany-based doom and gloom merchants are primarily inspired by David Lynch composer Angelo Badalamenti, but his otherworldly soundscape also...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Marty Paich: The Broadway Bit

Previously out from Warner and Rhino, this 12-piece band is mainly sought after by Scott LaFaro fans, as he plays...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2014

Daniel Rotem: Wise One: Celebrating The Music Of John Coltrane

Billy Childs | Christian Euman | Daniel Rotem | Darek Oles

A youngish, Israeli-born saxist/educator based in Los Angeles, Rotem has already made several of his own albums, and co-led a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022

Orcastratum

Pianist Glenn Scott has an enviable indie/R&B-pop sideman CV, but here in a quartet that includes Neville Malcolm and drummer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Frankie Newton: The Frankie Newton Collection 1929-46

Sometimes more celebrated for his left-wing politics than his fine playing, this 3CD shows why Newton was so highly regarded...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Album Interview: Brian Jackson–Ali Shaheed Muhammad–Adrian Younge: Jazz is Dead 8

Adrian Younge | Ali Muhammad | Brian Jackson | Malachi Morehad

The latest in the series launched by producer-multi-instrumentalists Muhammad and Younge brings keyboardist-flautist Brian Jackson into the spotlight. Although best...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2021

The Mike Westbrook Concert Band: Last Night at the Old Place

Alan Jackson | Bernie Living | Dave Holdsworth | George Khan | Harry Miller | John Surman | Malcolm Griffiths | Mike Osborne | Mike Westbrook | Paul Rutherford

It may seem amazing that such an important document of British jazz history, the last night at Ronnie Scott’s ‘Old...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018