Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
Francisco Mela | Melissa Aldana | Pablo Menares
The tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana was the first South American (as well as the first female instrumentalist) to win the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014
Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band: Body and Shadow
Brian Blade | Chris Thomas | Dave Devine | Jon Cowherd | Melvin Butler | Myron Walden
The superlative drummer Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band has retained the nucleus of the line-up that recorded the eponymous debut release...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018
Mark Dresser Seven: Ain't Nothing But A Cybercoup And You
Double-bassist Dresser's small group work in the past decade has been outstanding, and he continues his rich vein of form...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2019
The Comet Is Coming: Channel The Spirits
Dan Leavers | Joshua Idehen | Maxwell Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings
Black American music has sought metaphors of transcendence in science-fiction ever since Sun Ra announced his arrival from Saturn, and...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2016
Marquis Hill: The Way We Play
If you skip the opening voiceover band introductory track, this turns out to be an interesting and pleasurable album featuring...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2016
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Johan Lindvall: Om Du Reser Mycket
The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra has been a fertile breeding ground in establishing Norwegian jazz’s unique identity since the 1990s, with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022
Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Jazz in the Space Age
As national jazz orchestras go, Portugal's Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos is remarkably progressive, performing repertoires of all aesthetic variants and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2020
Aaron Parks: Little Big
Aaron Parks | David Ginyard | Greg Tuohey | Tommy Crane
For Invisible Cinema, his much-admired 2008 Blue Note debut, Seattle-born Aaron Parks was welcomed as a rising piano star –...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2019
George Garzone/Alan Pasqua/Derek Oles/Peter Erskine: 3 Nights In LA
Alan Pasqua | Derek Oles | George Garzone | Peter Erskine
If proof were needed that bebop-rooted, standard-songform jazzmaking can feel as contemporary as today's headlines, this live set – captured...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Tomasz Stańko: December Avenue
David Virelles | Gerald Cleaver | Reuben Rogers | Tomasz Stańko
Listening to the enigmatic Polish trumpet legend Tomasz Stańko is not something to be taken lightly. His mesmerising new album...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017
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