Garzone/Tiberi Quintet: Audacity

A renowned educator (Mark Turner and Joshua Redman were among his pupils) George Garzone blows hot and cool on post-Coltrane...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Frank Carlberg-Noah Preminger: Whispers and Cries

The Brooklyn-based saxophonist Noah Preminger, who at times here is reminiscent of Joshua Redman, gets together with pianist Frank Carlberg...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society: Mandatory Reality

Ben Boye | Ben LaMar Gay | Ben Lamar Gay | Hamid Drake | Jason Stein | Joshua Abrams | Lisa Alvarado | Mikel Avery | Nick Mazzarela

Natural Information Society's fifth album since forming in 2010 – and its second double-album, following 2015's equally expansive Magnetoception –...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2019

Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays: Modern Music

Brad Mehldau | Kevin Hays

There has been no shortage of Brad Mehldau albums in recent times – the solo Live in Marciac, Highway Rider...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2011

Ornette Coleman: Friends And Neighbours

Charlie Haden | Dewey Redman | Ed Blackwell | friends and neighbours | Ornette Coleman

One of the great sleeves in jazz features kids seemingly untouched by the self-destructive nature of the adult world, and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2013

Ornette Coleman Quartet: Live In Paris 1971

Charlie Haden | Dewey Redman | Ed Blackwell | Ornette Coleman

Furious debate may rage over what constitutes the best band that Ornette has ever led but this memorable gig undoubtedly...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2015

Madwort Saxophone Quartet: Live at Hundred Years Gallery

Andrew Woolf | Cath Roberts | Chris Williams | Tom Ward

Saxophone quartets have a tendency to default towards an inert, generic power minimalism, generating music that is slave to the...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017

Keith Jarrett: Expectations

Charlie Haden | Dewey Redman | Keith Jarrett | Paul Motian | Sam Brown

Expectations was produced by Jarrett's manager George Avakian, who had produced the pianist's previous output for the Atlantic label. In...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Myra Melford's Snowy Egret: The Other Side of Air

Liberty Ellman | Myra Melford | Ron Miles | Stomu Takeishi | Tyshawn Sorey

Forming in 2012, followed by a self-titled debut in 2015, Snowy Egret is accessibly leftfield composer-pianist Myra Melford’s most recent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

McCormack Yarde Elysian Quartet: Juntos

Andrew McCormack | Emma Smith | Jason Yarde | Jenny May Logan | Laura Moody | Vincent Sipprell

Andrew McCormack has a double release this summer, his jazz piano trio CD reviewed above and a new Third Stream...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2014