Jazz ExTempore Orchestra: East & West

Andrea Vicari | Elvis Stanic | Hristo Yotsov | Medina Mektiva | Rico De Jeer

The international make up and musical direction of this band, initiated by the Croatian Liburnia Jazz Association in 2008, is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Satoko Fuji: Gen Himmel

The Japanese Berlin-based pianist performs an elegantly meditative yet probing solo set that’s her first in nearly a decade....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson: Winter In America

Biran Jackson | Bob Adams | Danny Bowens | Gil Scott-Heron

Although the recent CD, I'm New Here has been generally lauded as a return to form after years in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2010

Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian: Further Explorations

Chick Corea | Eddie Gomez | Paul Motian

Inspired by the Bill Evans album Explorations from 1961, Corea revisits material associated with the late pianist together with originals...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2012

Various Artists: Miles Davis On Film

Miles Davis

An almost identical release to last year’s The Cinema of Miles Davis on él Records and equally as pointless. So...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Miles Davis: Workin'/The Musings Of Miles

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Garland | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | John Lewis | Jones | Max Roach | Miles Davis | Oscar Pettiford

Christmas came early for me, thanks to the arrival of these public-domain reissues, all of them except Kind Of Blue...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2013

Kenny Warren Quartet: Thank You For Coming To Life

JP Schlegelmilch | Kenny Warren | Noah Garabedian | Satoshi Takeishi

Colorado-born, New York-based Warren clearly has a lot more going for him than his distinguished initials. As well as indulging...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2017

Caecilie Norby: Silent Ways

Cæcilie Norby | Lars Danielsson | Leszek Mozdzer | Marius Neset | Nguyên Lê | Robert Mehmet Ikiz

This is Norby’s second ACT album, and between them she has neatly encapsulated her formative influences. Daughter of a classical...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2013

Harold Land: Westward Bound!

Harold Land

Make sure you don’t underestimate tenor saxophonist Harold Land. The perspicacious re-issue duo of Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds, who...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2021

John Coltrane: Standard Coltrane/Stardust

Art Taylor | Freddie Hubbard | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Paul Chambers | Red Garland | Wilbur Harden

This CD contains two Coltrane Prestige albums, Standard Coltrane (formerly Prestige PRLP 7243) and Stardust (formerly Prestige PRLP 7268) plus...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015