Charles Mingus: Mingus At Carnegie Hall

Jon Faddis | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | Don Pullen | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Charles McPherson | John Handy | George Adams | Hamiet Bluiett

It's an exciting time both for Mingus reissues and previously unissued archive material – with more on the way –...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2021

Michaël Attias & Simon Nabatov: Brooklyn Mischiefs

The veteran NYC-based alto saxist and Russian-US pianist convene in Brooklyn for an energetic free-improv dialogue featuring episodes of swirling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Pierrick Pédron: Fifty-Fifty New York Sessions

Sullivan Fortner | Marcus Gilmore | Pierrick Pédron | Larry Grenadier

Jazz saxophone styles have mutated in unimagined ways since Charlie Parker's day, but the best negotiators of bebop's harmonic mazes...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2021

Bruce Harris: Soundview

Sullivan Fortner | Aaron Kimmel | David Wong | Bruce Harris | Samara Joy

The 41-year-old Bronx trumpeter fronted a previous album called Beginnings (Posi-Tone) with a group including pianist Michael Weiss, and he...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2021

Michael Mayo: Bones

Robin Baytas | Valerie Pinkston | Eli Wolf | Nick Campbell | Scott Mayo | Michael Mayo | Andrew Freedman

Born and raised in LA, but based in NYC for the past five years, vocalist and composer Michael Mayo has...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2021

Alban Darche: Le Gros Cube #2

Jon Irabagon | Rémi Sciuto | Olivier Laisney | Jean-Paul Estiévenart | Sébastien Boisseau | Christophe Lavergne | Loren Stillman | Joël Chausse | John Fedchock | Matthieu Donarier

The veteran French saxophonist-composer Alban Darche's work in the field of performance art as well as music, is nothing if...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Jaimie Branch: Fly Or Die Live

Chad Taylor | Jason Ajemian | Jaimie Branch | Lester St Louis

One of jazz's most intriguing young(er) talents, New York trumpeter Branch has already released two splendid, politically-charged albums – Fly...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2021

Hector Quartet: Uncharted

Jeff McLeod | Chris Gale | Chris Wallace | Ted Quinlan

A Canadian collective with cool associations (the Breckers, Dave Holland), Uncharted is their debut, if now one from a rather...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2021

The Fabia Mantwill Orchestra: EM.PERIENCE

Nils Landgren | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Fabia Mantwill | Ben Wendl

Successful multi-tasking is an art in itself, which many aspire to, but few genuinely master. You have to be a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2021

Ben Crosland Quintet: Solway Stories

Dylan Howe | Ben Crosland | Chris Allard | Steve Lodder | Steve Waterman

All musicians should dedicate at least one album to their mum. This one is dedicated to Huddersfield bassist and bandleader...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2021