Plas Johnson: This Must Be The Plas!/Mood for the Blues

Famous for playing cameos on everybody else's discs, Plas is featured on two of his own albums from his heyday...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2014

Alune Wade: Sultan

Adriano Tenorio DD | Alune Wade | Aziz Sahmaoui | Cédric Ducheman | Christian Sands | Daril Esso | Djam | Harold López-Nussa | Hugues Mayot | Lenny White

“I have never stopped reading,” explains France-based Senegalese singer, composer and bass virtuoso Alune Wade of the rich sources and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2022

Dead Belgian: Love & Death: the Songs of Jaques Brel

A Liverpool-based band fronted by Fionnuala Dorrity give it their all in tribute to a witty iconic chansonnier with an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Hubert Laws: In The Beginning

A showcase for flautist Laws’ extraordinarily wide-ranging talent, from Erik Satie charts to soul-jazz treatment of early hymns, with some...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Milt Jackson: Statements/vibrations

Jackson was still touring with Hank Jones in the 1990s, and the magic of the Statements album was still there,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s

Bobby Jones | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | John Foster | Jon Faddis

Change has been a constant in the history of black music, but the time in which Charles Mingus led a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022

Wayne Shorter: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Danilo Pérez | Gary Willis | Herbie Hancock | Mitchel Forman | Tom Brechtlein | Wayne Shorter

2002 was the year Wayne Shorter was Artist in Residence at the North Sea Jazz Festival. He opened the event...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

Paul Desmond: Easy Living

Enrico Rava | Gianluca Petrella | Roberto Gatto | Rosario Bonaccorso | Stefano Bollani

Although I asked Dave Brubeck if there was a gentleman's agreement between him and the late Paul Desmond whereby the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019

Neil Cowley Trio: Radio Silence

Evan Jenkins | Neil Cowley | Richard Sadler

Ever since 37-year-old pianist Neil Cowley came to the ‘real thing’ via the acid jazz and chill-out scenes, he's been...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Run Logan Run: For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers

Andrew Neil Hayes | Matt Brown | Riaan Vosloo

Lockdown proved a useful regrouping space for duo Run Logan Run after original member Andrew Neil Hayes recruited new drummer...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2021