Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra: Open Spaces (Folk Songs Reimagined)

Andrew Porrier | Ben Henriques | Ben Kono | Brad Turner | Dan Weiss | Daniel Hersog | Derry Byrne | Frank Carlberg | Jeremy Berkman | Jim Hopson

This is an unusual project by Hersog, a Canadian trumpeter, composer and arranger who is also that rarity, the leader...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2023

Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

You wait years for one Colin Steele record and then two come along at the same time. With his second...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Various Artists: The Complete History of Jazz 1899-1959

Across 89 tracks and four CDs there’s nothing inessential here, and from Scott Joplin and the ODJB to Miles. Mingus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Tony-Joe Bucklash

Dominic Lash | Joe Morris | Tony Bevan | Tony Buck

It's tempting (and not entirely inaccurate) to call Tony-Joe Bucklash a transcontinental supergroup of 21st century avant garde music. Brits...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012

Eric Bibb: Dear America

Andre De Lang | Big Daddy Wilson | Billy branch | Christer Vandola | Chuck Campbell | Eric Bibb | Eric Galesk | Glen Scott | Lisa Mills | Ron Carter

Eric Bibb’s Godfather, Paul Robeson, would say ‘As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: Now Hear Our Meanin' – The Complete 1963 Recordings

Åke Persson | Benny Bailey | Billy Mitchell | Carl Drevo | Derek Humble | Erich Kleinschuster | Fats Sadi | Francy Boland | Idrees Sulieman | Jimmy Deuchar

Although the CD liner notes do not say, this collection brings together all the material released on the KCFBBB's second...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Niescier/Jensson/McLemore: Broken Cycle

Scott McLemore is a drummer whose just released a top notch recording with Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs on the same...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott Lafaro | Scott LaFaro | Teddy Kotick

Following up the expanded publicdomain reissue of Portrait In Jazz on their Poll Winners label (see Jazzwise 151), EJC have...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012

Kemuel Roig: Genesis

Alain Perez | Bayron Ramos | Chris Potter | Ed Calle | Gerardo Rodrgieuz | Hilario Bell | Joel Hernandez | Julio Padron | Kemuel Roig | Lowell Rongel

For this fifth album, and his first jazz recording as a leader, Miami-based Cuban pianist and composer Kemuel Roig casts...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020

Phronesis: The Behemoth

Anton Eger | Frankfurt Radio Big Band | Ivo Neame | Jaspar Høiby | Julian Argüelles

After a decade faithful to their beloved and classic trio format, Phronesis find themselves borne aloft upon the giant sound...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017