Andrew McCormack: First Light

Airto Moreira | Hubbard | Jack DeJohnette | Phil Klraus | Ron Carter

The ego of the average musician can ensure a steady stream of albums as leader regardless of whether the time...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

Ben Abarbanel-Wolff | Emmanuel Ofori | Osei Tutu | Pat Thomas | Ralph Karikari | Sunday Owusu | Tony Allen

Lovers of African music will welcome the return of an icon. Active since the 1960s Ghanaian vocalist Thomas, whose past...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015

Manny Albam: Classic Recordings 1957

Al Cohn | Al DiRisi | Al Epstien | Art Farmer | Bernie Glow | Bill Holman | Bob Brookmeyer | Burt Collins | Charlie Mariano | Chauncey Welsch

There are several Manny Albam compilations on the market, all with slightly different permutations of the albums he made as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2020

Andrea Marcelli Trio: Sundance

A well-travelled, sensitive Italian drummer with a preference for lush, romantic song that's right up the energetic Danish postbop pianist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Charles Lloyd: Trios: Sacred Thread

Charles Lloyd | Julian Lage | Zakir Hussain

This is the third and final album in Blue Note's Charles Lloyd-dedicated ‘Trio of Trios’ series, with the orchestrally-resourceful guitarist...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2022

Barry Harris: Live In Tokyo

Barry Harris | Leroy Williams | Sam Jones

I should have remembered that there was a cover version of ‘Un Poco Loco’ by Harris, a keen follower of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2016

Bobby Hutcherson: Somewhere in the Night

Bobby Hutcherson | Byron Landham | Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco | Peter Bernstein

At 71, Bobby Hutcherson is one of jazz's most distinguished survivors, a long-serving vibraphonist with consistently good taste and a...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Stan Getz & Chet Baker: Stan Meets Chet

Carson Smith | Chet Baker | Jodie Christian | Marshall Thompson | Russ Freeman | Shelly Manne | Stan Getz | Victor Sproles

This didn't turn out quite the way it was supposed to. On paper it looked like a safe-bet commercial proposition....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2014

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: We Be All Africans

Idris Ackamoor

Those with an ear for the independent sector in jazz will recognise The Pyramids as one of the legendary exponents...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

Fela Kuti: Vinyl Box Set #4 curated by Erykah Badu

Fela Kuti

How to keep rehashing the vast, 50-plus album back catalogue of the one and only Fela Anikulapo Kuti, an icon...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2018