Shelly Manne & His Men: Boss Sounds! – Shelly Manne & His Men At Shelly's Manne-Hole

Conte Candoli | Frank Strozier | Mike Wofford | Monty Budwig | Russ Freeman | Shelly Manne

Like his opposite East Coast number Art Blakey, Our Manne Shelly chose his sidemen wisely. This is Shelly's post-Blackhawk line-up...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2014

Tineka Postma: The Dawn of Light

Esperanza Spalding | Frans Van Der Hoeven | Marc Van Roon | Martijn Vink | Tineke Postma

The fifth album from one of Holland's most sophisticated young post-bop saxophonists, The Dawn of Light is also a notable...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011

Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs

Childs' last new release, 2017's Rebirth, was greeted with considerable pleasure in Jazzwise 218 and with nothing less than a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Magnus Lindgren: Stockholm Underground

Daniel Karlsson | Eric Bibb | Henrik Janson | Ida Sand | Lars DK Danielsson | Magnus Lindgren | Nils Landgren | Per Lindvall | Till Brönner

This latest release from Swedish jazz flautist Magnus Lindgren is a homage to Herbie Mann, a giant of an earlier...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2017

Nette Robinson's Little Big Band: The Little Big Band Plays

Adrian Fry | Chris Nickolls | Nette Robinson | Tony Woods | Will Hyland

Formed in 2005, this debut album from Nette Robinson's Little Big Band, subtly combining the composed and the improvised, is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2010

Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center Vol. 1

Barry Stephenson | Bryan Carter | Carmen Staaf | Owen Broder | Riley Mulherkar

Broder is yet another of the many highly competent New York-based players who seem to have passed local audiences by. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Vincent Herring: The Uptown Shuffle

As per the above collection of releases, the ex-Nat Adderley sideman plays a fiery Jackie Mclean-ish alto here in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015

Burnt Belief: Mutual Isolation

Aleksei Saks | Andi Pupato | Colin Edwin | Jon Durant | Vinny Sabatino

As with many current releases, Edwin and Durant weren’t able to come together to record, but instead shared files. To...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Kristian Borring: Nausicaa

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Spencer Brown | Will Vinson

This young London-based, Danish guitarist-composer attended the Amsterdam Consevatorium, then studied at the Guildhall and has been a sideman for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

Nils Økland Band: Lysning

Håkon Mørch Stene | Mats Eilertsen | Nils Økland | Rolf-Erik Nystrøm | Sigbjørn Apeland

In Norwegian folktales the Hardanger fiddle is the devil’s instrument. Its full-bodied sound, bulked out by the drone of four...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2018