Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns

Andrew Cyrille | Bill Frisell | Jakob Bro | Jason Moran | Lee Konitz | Thomas Morgan

It’s amazing to think that Lee Konitz, with his distinctively questioning, interior sound, played with Miles and Mulligan at the...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024

Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold

Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori | Yonathan Avishai | Ziv Ravitz

It takes guts for an artist to speak out against their own government, but Avishai Cohen, the Tel Aviv-based trumpeter,...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024

Remy le Boeuf, Danielle Wertz/Nordkraft Big Band: Silent Course

Anders Ammitzbøll | Danielle Wertz | Luka Dgebuadze | Martin Granum | Peter Lund Paulsen | Remy le Boeuf | Remy Le Boeuf

Sophistication and a certain grandeur are the hallmarks of this classy collaboration between alto saxophonist le Boeuf and singer Wertz,...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2025

Various Artists: The Complete Felsted Mainstream Collection

Bailey | Benny Morton | Billy Strayhorn | Buck Clayton | Budd Johnson | Buddy Tate | Charlie Shavers | Coleman Hawkins | Cozy Cole | Curtis CLowe

Sir Edward Lewis, then head of UK Decca, gave the UK-born writer/producer Stanley Dance carte-blanche in the late 1950s to...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2012

Sir Roland Hanna: This Must Be Love

Ben Riley | George Mraz | Sir Roland Hanna

Sir Roland Hanna was part of Detroit piano dynasty that included Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Barry Harris, Kirk Lightsey and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2015

Russell Malone: All About Melody

Luke Sellick | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Willie Jones

Malone's latest could as easily be titled ‘Message to Jim Hall’, one of this relaxed release's standout cuts. Like his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2016

Thelonious Monk: Three Classic Albums Plus

Monk is on superior form in each of these original albums, namely The Unique T.M. (with Pettiford and Blakey), the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2019

Ollie Howell: Self-Identity

Ant Law | Duncan Eagles | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson | Max Luthert | Ollie Howell

Ollie Howell swung through karmic extremes in 2009, distracted from the growing pain in his head by the patronage of...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2017

Lou Marini: Starmaker

New York-based big session sax man (James Taylor, Blues Brothers, Dr John) has performed with Buddy Rich/Thad Jones too and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Luis Perdomo: Links

Dwayne Burno | Luis Perdomo | Miguel Zenón | Rodney Green

This record is a nice change of pace for the exceptionally talented Venezuelan pianist, and also for Puerto Rican altoist...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2013