Jazz

This month we review: Samara Joy, Maridalen, Miles Davis and Martial Solal.

This month we review: Zoe Rahman, Linley Hamilton, David Hazeltine Trio and Dan Wilson.

This month we review: Joel Ross, Alan Barnes, Andrew Mccormack and Wes Montgomery

This month we review: Bob Mintzer & Wdr Big Band Cologne, Dave Holland, Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey and Nigel Price Organ Trio.

This month we review: Joshua Jaswon Octet, Eric Alexander, Dave Mcmurray and Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke.

A live album can be special, even if it’s not quite the complete concert you expect. This one takes four numbers cut in late 2004 at the Sunside club in Paris and artfully stirs in three 2009 tracks from London’s 606 Club. It was in ’87, after four years with Art Blakey, that an assignment at the Guildhall School brought Toussaint to the UK, and he never went back. His quartet here includes the distinctive British pianist Andrew McCormack, while guitarist Jerome Barde contributes nice solos to two of the Paris tracks.

Last Dance - ECM 378 0524 In 2007, when they hadn’t worked together for 30 years, pianist and bassist met during the making of a film about Haden, and Jarrett invited Haden to his home studio. They spent four days recording, and some of the results were heard on the 2010 album Jasmine. In this new collection, tunes include the jazz standards ‘Dance Of The Infidels’ by Bud Powell and Monk’s ‘’Round Midnight’ as well as ballads like ‘My Old Flame’. With a second album celebrating the same reunion, you’ll think that you’re in for more of the same, and it’s true.