Harvey Mason: Chameleon

Mark de Clive-Lowe | Chris Turner | Jimmy Haslip | Ben Williams | Harvey Mason | Bill Summers | Paul Jackson | Christian Scott | Corey King | Mathew Stevens

Miles may have exhorted us never to look back, but Mason's pulled off a cunning ploy with his splendid Concord...

Reviewed in issue May/2014

Kneebody: The Line

The Concord debut release for an uncategorisable cult, quirky rock-fuelled improv collective whose influences stretch from D’Angelo through to Bill...

Reviewed in issue November/2013

JD Allen: Grace

Jay Bellerose | Lizz Wright | Kenny Banks Sr | David Pitch | Marvin Sewell

Another courageous step into the future by the tenor saxophonist, who is rapidly becoming one of the most eloquent and...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Next Collective: Coverart

With a guest appearance from Christian Scott, this is a label band that sounds half-baked in spite of it featuring...

Reviewed in issue June/2013

Terri Lyne Carrington: Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue

Christian McBride | Terri Lyne Carrington | Gerald Clayton

When the brilliant musical mind of Terri Lyne Carrington meets the incomparable compositions of Duke Ellington, something special is bound...

Reviewed in issue February/2013

Rachael McFarlane: Hayley Sings

Seth's sister is the voice behind Hayley, the bar singing, hippy chick from American Dad. Songs from the show are...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Kenny G: Rahul Sharma Namaste

Has the Grammy award-winning pop saxist really gone all Indo-jazz on us? Not while he's still playing the same signature...

Reviewed in issue October/2012

Christian Scott: Christian aTunde Adjuah

Louis Fouche IIII | Lawrence Fields | Kenneth Whalum III | Kris Funn | Christian Scott | Matthew Stevens | Corey King | Jamire Williams

Trumpeter Christian Scott's new album Christian aTunde Adjuah is not only the title of his new 2-CD set but also...

Reviewed in issue September/2012

Steve Tyrell: I'll Take Romance

Mainly known as a big hit producer, Tyrell brings a slightly croaky quality to Vegasstyle crooning in a classy Bob...

Reviewed in issue May/2012

Ben Williams: State of Art

John Robinson | Jaleel Shaw | string quartet | Ben Williams | Gerald Clayton | Etienne Charles | Christian Scott | Matthew Stevens | Marcus Strickland | Jamire Williams

A bass-sideman for high profile mainstream US jazzers such as Terence Blanchard, Stefon Harris, Jacky Terrasson, and saxophonist Marcus Strickland...

Reviewed in issue February/2012