Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Payan

Alexander von Schlippenbach | Alexander Von Schlippenbach

Never, perhaps, has the case for improvisation as spontaneous composition been made as convincingly as by Germany's Alexander Von Schlippenbach,...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2014

Various Artists: Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions

Aaron Bel | Ben Richardson | Bennie Green | Benny Morton | Benny Powell | Bobby Donaldson | Bobby Henderson | Buck Clayton | Buddy Tate | Clarence Johnson

Mosaic’s carefully curated new set comes with the usual learned commentary (this time by Thomas Cunliffe) and is a wonderful...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025

Wynton Kelly Trio: Complete Vee Jay Studio Recordings

Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

References are often made to the characteristics of locations such as LA, Texas, Chicago or New Orleans when discussing the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Teodross Avery: Harlem Stories: The Music of Thelonious Monk

Teodross Avery

The precocious sax virtuosity that got Teodross Avery a record deal in 1992 while a 19 year-old Berklee College student...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2020

Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz

Dan Berglund | Jan Lundgren | Jukka Perko | Morten Lund

All the players on this disc are Scandinavian – saxophonist Jukka Perko hails from Finland, drummer Morten Lund is Danish,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2017

Bob James: Feel Like Making LIVE!

Billy Kilson | Bob James | Michael Palazollo

Back in 2000, James’ reputation covered so many bases that he was the headliner at Jazz FM's 10th birthday party,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2022

Bob James and David Sanborn: Quartette Humaine

Bob James | David Sanborn | James Genus | Steve Gadd

Recorded a week after Dave Brubeck’s death, Quartette Humaine is ostensibly a tribute to the late pianist. But it’s a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

Billy Pod: Quintessence

Mirko Scarcia | Rupert Cox | Tom Ollendorf | Vasileios Podaras AKA Billy Pod

In a somewhat career limiting move, Vasileios Podaras (Billy Pod to his London chums) rocked up in the UK just...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023

Calviere-Hays-Le Fleming-Franchescini: Whole Lotta Love

Last year's Jazz Sabbath project, which saw keyboardist Adam Wakeman reinterpret Black Sabbath's monumental metal for jazz trio, was a...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2021

Wild Card: Organic Riot

Andrew Noble | B'loon | Clement Regert | Graeme Flowers | Jerome Harper | Joao Caetano | Lili Lonvheva | Natalie Williams | Roberto Manzin | Sophie Alloway

Wild Card and their amenable, danceable, brassy funk are driven largely by Regert's spicy guitar and held safe in Alloway's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2015