This record is like a layer cake, or is perhaps better likened to sweet and sour sauce. The sweet being the almost conventional treatment of the six ‘ordinary’ numbers; the sour – to most ears – being ...

The trumpeter gave his opinion on Walter Pichon, Luis Russel, Jelly Roll Morton, Spike Hughes, King Oliver and more ...

German reedman lays aside his saxophone to pursue big-band writing reflecting his fascination with through-composition ...

Third recording from Dutch bassist plays at the crossroads of jazz, classical music, electronic music and free improvisation ...