Bob Mintzer: All L.A. Band
Mintzer may be Mr Yellowjacket these days, but big bands are in his DNA, as they are in that of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016
Klemens Marktl Sextet: December
Aaron Goldberg | Harish Raghavan | Joe Locke | John Ellis | Klemens Marktl | Seamus Blake
Austrian drummer Marktl has assembled a cast of New York heavyweights for this nicely-balanced set of 10 originals. The strong...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2016
Eh Joe: Is Love the Word?
Joost Hendrickx | Mila Dores | Rus Pearson | Sam Watts
With her fluorescent blue wig, typewriter (on which she ‘solos’) and inspirations that include Samuel Beckett and Hindustani music, Portugueseborn...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012
Sonny Rollins: Our Man In Jazz
Billy Higgins | Bob Cranshaw | Don Cherry | Henry Grimes | Sonny Rollins
There is a very valid argument that says the Village Vanguard session with Elvin Jones and Wilbur Ware is one...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2017
Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Volume 1
Chicagoan cornet player Mazurekadopts the dense collage style sosuccessfully sustained by MatanaRoberts during her acclaimed CoinCoin series, but on this...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2015
Michel Legrand: Legrand Jazz
The reissue label (yet another entity legally domiciled in Andorra?) would have you believe that this music should be credited...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2021
Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy
Poet and jazz critic LeRoi Jones – later known as Amiri Baraka – was a pioneer of fusing poetry and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2022
Art Pepper: Gettin' Together!
1957's Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section – the rhythm section in question being Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2011
Ben Williams: Coming Of Age
Andy Hague | Ben Waghorn | Chris Jones | Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam
Even before he landed a high profile gig with Pat Metheny, Ben Williams attracted attention through impressive work with the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019
Binker Golding: Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy
Billy Adamson | Binker Golding | Daniel Casimir | Sam Jones | Sarah Tandy
Binker & Moses helped set the UK New Jazz template, but Binker Golding has chafed against its tenets ever since....
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2022
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