Michael Garrick Septet ft. Joe Harriott: …At Short Notice

Coleridge Goode | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Joe Harriott | Michael Garrick | Stan Robinson | Trevor Tomkins

As the classic 1950s and 60s jazz recordings slip into the public domain, more and more labels fall over themselves...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/2020

Krakaeur's Ancestral Groove: Checkpoint

This clarinettist's search for his eastern European Jewish roots (with guests that include Marc Ribot) reveals a tantalising John Zorn-like...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Mister Barrington: Regenerate

Oli Rockberger | Owen Biddle | Zach Danziger

Mister Barrington have been a cult muso favourite for the last decade – boasting a line up of seasoned pros...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: February/2021

Eddie Lockjaw Davis/Don Patterson Quintet: Complete Recordings

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Paul Chambers | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Flanagan

A companion volume to the Stitt album reviewed below, this is more conventional tenor and organ fare, but good swinging...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Michel Petrucciani Trio: One Night in Karlsruhe

Gary Peacock | Michel Petrucciani | Roy Haynes

Very gratifying to find new unreleased Petrucciani, in this case from a concert taped by South German radio that’s a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2019

Joe Locke: Love is a Pendulum

Donny McCaslin | Joe Locke | Paul Bollenback | Ricardo Rodriguez | Robert Rodriguez | Rosario Giuliani | Terreon Gully | Theo Bleckmann | Victor Provost

Locke's initial reputation was built on his consummate musicianship and his powerfully cogent uptempo playing. Over the last 15 years...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015

Van Morrison: …It's Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD

Bill Atwood | Dave Shaw | David Hayes | Jack Schroer | Jeff Labes | John Platania | Van Morrison

Van Morrison's double album It's Too Late to Stop Now has long been considered one of the greatest live albums...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2016

Lenore Raphael, Wayne Wilkinson & Chris Hodgkins: Pizza Express Live

Chris Hodgkins | Lenore Raphael | Wayne Wilkinson

Trumpeter Hodgkins, the former Director of Jazz Services, and now a willing freelance player, has usually tended to record with...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Jeremy Pelt: Griot: This Is Important!

Allan Mednard | Brandee Younger | Chien Chien Lu | Ismel Wignall | Jeremy Pelt | Vicente Archer | Victor Gould

In 1977, the American drummer Art Taylor's candid book Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews made waves for its mix of...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2021

Donny Hathaway: Never My Love: The Anthology

Cornell Dupree | Donny Hathaway | Earl De Rouen | Fred White | Mike Howard | Phil Upchurch | Willie Weeks

While the singer who wields a guitar – Curtis, Bobby, Terry – has pride of place in the soul music...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2014