When Clifford Jordan reached Paris in March 1975, at the height of his mid-decade resurgence, a new Selmer Mark VII tenor saxophone awaited him. Night of the Mark VII is named after it. Recorded in ...

Enrico Rava’s latest release, Corners, lets its character unfold through the shared connections between the musicians. The little shifts of emphasis, the knowing exchanges, and the sense that nobody ...

In October 2020, Jon Armstrong released Reabsorb, two continuous suites for a Los Angeles sextet laid out one to each side of the LP, each built on a short poem by his wife Erin Armstrong. Armstrong ...

“The Realization” is the thoughtful, evocative new release from Norwegian bassist John Børge Askeland. Featuring the unmistakable trumpet playing of Arve Henriksen, the dream-like nature of the ...

It would be difficult to overestimate how thoroughly Steven Bernstein has, for thirty-odd years, defined himself by the slide trumpet — that ungainly, marvellous contraption he has all but ...

Matthew Hiram creates an appealing world of mindful, meditative soundscapes on Shade Songs. The Minneapolis-based interdisciplinary artist, composer and field recordist has built much of his work ...

I saw Keith Tippett play live exactly once, in 1990, in a free-improvisation duo with the saxophonist Andy Sheppard. It remains the worst concert I have ever attended. I walked in expecting the ...

Jazzaggression’s Handmade imprint is the Finnish label’s most tactile undertaking: limited lathe runs cut at Studio Pelto in Finland, issued in batches of twenty-five or fifty and gone almost before ...

This freshly unearthed live gem from HMV Japan’s Project Re:Vinyl series captures Ryo Fukui in sublime mood, and it’s nothing short of a joy ride through the golden era of straight‑ahead post‑bop jazz ...

American vibraphonist and composer Sasha Berliner follows up on her little gem of an album, “Onyx” (JMI 2022), with “Fantôme”, a startling new release that solidifies her reputation as one of the most ...

Few guitarists cast a shadow over modern jazz quite like Pat Martino. A master of astonishing technique, harmonic sophistication and soulful invention, his influence stretches across generations of ...