Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again

Bill Charlap | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington

Hearing Bill Charlap in the flesh is a great experience. He seems to be doing very little but what pours...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2024

Kenny Drew: Home Is Where The Soul Is

Frank Butler | Kenny Drew | Leroy Vinnegar

Perhaps somewhat overlooked among the significant Americans who plied their trade in Europe, Drew is nonetheless an artist with a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016

Kenny Garrett: Pushing the World Away

Benito Gonzalez | Brian Sanders | Carolin Pook | Corcoran Holt | Jean Baylor | Jen Herman | Kenny Garrett | Marcus Baylor | Mark Whitfield Jr | McClenty Hunter

Last year’s Seeds from the Underground CD was a Grammy magnet, collecting two nominations – for ‘solo’ and ‘best instrumental...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Alexander Stewart: I Thought About You

Alexander Stewart | Andy Chapman | Rob Anstey | Rob Barron | Tommy Emmerton

Released in 2011, Alexander Stewart's debut album All Or Nothing At All revealed a singer with omniverous taste. Stewart's wide-ranging...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2017

Frank Wess: Magic 101

The ex-Basie reedsman is of a generation that’s sadly now an endangered species. He was 89 in 2011 when this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Kenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores

Ananda Brandão | Brian Lynch | Brinley Heywood-Snell | Donovan Haffner | Emma Rawicz | Eric Law | Etienne Charles | Evan Parker | Gabriel Taylor | Harry Maund

Bringing together two big bands from music conservatories on different sides of the Atlantic, and leavening the ensemble with celebrity...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2025

Kanin Allyson: Many a New Day

Allyson is an all American mainstream jazz singer of a classy pedigree, a quality hardly lacking in her trio of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell: All Night Long

Art Taylor | Donald Byrd | Doug Watkins | Frank Foster | Hank Mobley | Jerome Richardson | Kenny Burrell | Mal Waldron | Tommy Flanagan

Though not yet an innovator, Donald Byrd accurately reflected the mood of the time during which these recordings took place....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: Now Hear Our Meanin' – The Complete 1963 Recordings

Åke Persson | Benny Bailey | Billy Mitchell | Carl Drevo | Derek Humble | Erich Kleinschuster | Fats Sadi | Francy Boland | Idrees Sulieman | Jimmy Deuchar

Although the CD liner notes do not say, this collection brings together all the material released on the KCFBBB's second...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Osian Roberts: Bop Viveur

Jeremy Brown | Matt Fishwick | Osian Roberts | Rob Barron

By naming their jointly-founded label as they did, Roberts and the Fishwick brothers made clear their creative intentions and haven’t...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024