THE COOL VERVE of Twentysix Three – a new sextet release from Italian saxophonist, composer and arranger Aldevis Tibaldi – is defined by a live studio spontaneity which harks back to classic recordings of the ’50s and ’60s. Each of these twelve tracks (mostly originals, plus a clutch of arrangements) was captured in a single take on analogue equipment, bringing distinctive warmth and immediacy to this full and vibrant session. [...] Twentysix Three is pretty ‘unputdownable’, both in terms of its solid reference to tradition and the consistent joie de...

CD Review: Aldevis Tibaldi London Jazz Ensemble - twentysix three John Eacott (tpt/flug); Aldevis Tibaldi (ten/sop); Paul Taylor (tmb); Liam Dunachie (pno); Richard Sadler (bs); Chris Gale (dms). (Review by Lance) Becoming more and more disillusioned by what is passed off as jazz these days a disc such as this gives me hope for the future.  Imagine Mingus*, Monk** and Ellington***, composing and arranging today and you get an inkling of where this is at. Indeed, the three composers mentioned actually provide the only non-original compositions on the album, the rest...