Bob James Trio: Espresso

Angela Scates | Billy Kilson | Bob James | Dave Stewart | Hugh Char | Luisito Quintero | Mark Falchook | Michael Palazzalo

Highly prolific on record, Bob James is usually described as a fusion specialist and as the king of pop/jazz and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2018

Cormac Kenevy: Turning Skies

Formerly a Candid label artist, this understated Dublin-born MOR jazz vocalist dips into a fairly interesting repertoire for his third...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Tom Ridout: No Excuses

Alexandra Ridout | Anastasia Stahlmann | Anita Kurowska | Anna Drysdale | Billy Marrows | Cecilia Bignall | Didier Osindero | Elliot Pooley | Flo Moore | Phelan Burgoyne

I know how it goes. You're straight out of music college with a couple of awards under your belt. It's...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2018

John Pizzarelli: Midnight McCartney

Bucky Pizzarelli | Harry Allen | John Pizzarelli | Larry Goldings | Martin Pizzarelli

I've never quite taken to Pizzarelli's effete-sounding, Sinatra-lite vocals while fully realising that I'm in a minority, probably, of one....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2015

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt: Boss Tenors/Dig Him

Two 1961 Verve LPs reissued back-to-back on this single CD represent the high-water mark of the collaboration between these two...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

The Owl Ensemble: Owl

Claire Smith | John Ellis | Katherine Barnecutt | Myke Wilson | Olivia Moore | Semay Wu | Sylvan Richardson

The urge to combine classical music and jazz never seems to go away: recently in UK jazz we’ve seen the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Sachal Vasandani & Romain Collin: Midnight Shelter

Romain Collin | Sachal Vasandani

US vocalist Sachal Vasandani and French pianist Romain Collin, both now adopted New Yorkers as well as friends and neighbours,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2021

Blueblut: Hurts so Gut

With song titles such as ‘Fuckhead Toothbrush’ you know you're in for a treat in the quirky company of leading...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Vienna Art Orchestra: The Minimalism Of Erik Satie

Christian Radovan | Hannes Kottek | Harry Sokal | Ima | John Sass | Karl “Bumi” Fian | Lauren Newton | Mathias Rüegg | Roman Schwaller | Wolfgang Puschnig

The employment of his music in adverts for chocolate and throat lozenges has not done much for the contemporary reputation...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2011

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: Goldbrun

Gulli Gudmunsson | Joost Lijbaart | Wolfert Brederode | Yuri Honing

In 2018, there’s nothing new in jazz musicians presenting versions of post-Beatles pop tunes. You might even say it’s the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2018