Vinson-Hekselman-Sanchez: Trio Grande

Antonio Sanchez | Gilad Hekselman | Will Vinson

The same New York-based line-up stated above assembled in 2018, and at short notice recorded It's Alright With Three for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2021

Tom Hewson Trio: Treehouse

Calum Gourlay | Lewis Wright | Tom Hewson

Treehouse by the ex-Trinity Laban, E17 Jazz Collective pianist Tom Hewson is part of a new series by the long-established...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Shirley Horn: At The Gaslight Square 1961

This live concert, making its first appearance on CD, finds Horn at her early-period best, singing with a full vocal...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream

The Brooklyn duo of drummer Dickey and melodically adaptable trumpeter Knuffke complement each other superbly during this stimulating, yet uncluttered...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Various Artists: This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975

Bob Thiele | Caesar | Esther Marrow | Gil Scott-Heron | Leon Thomas | Lonnie Liston Smith | Oliver Nelson | Ornette Coleman | Steve Allen

BGP, one of the foremost curators of classic independent black music, has issued many titles on the pioneering Flying Dutchman...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023

Junior Mance: Three Classic Albums Plus

The bluesy, swinging piano of Junior Mance is featured on three and seven-ninths of his trio albums from 1959-61, all...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Gary Willis/Albert Bover/Gergo Borlai: Retro

Albert Bover | Gary Willis | Gergo Borlai

If the bass guitar-led solo album has been cursed since its emergence in the mid-1980s by the diminishing returns of...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: April/2013

Georgie Fame: Lost In A Lover's Dream

Georgia Fame | Mario Mavrin | Prmož Grašic

The last time I heard Georgie Fame's voice he was belting out Cole Porter at the 2010 London Jazz Festival,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Luca Manning with Fergus McCreadie: When The Sun Comes Out

A rising vocal star in his native Glasgow, Luca Manning has an affecting sensitive vocal lying somewhere between Chet Baker...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Dave Hamblett: Light at Night

Alex Munk | Calum Gourlay | Dave Hamblett | Ivo Neame | Joe Wright | Josh Arcoleo

Some of the brightest young sparks to have come out of jazz classes at the Royal Academy in recent years...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013