Art Tatum Trio: The Legendary 1956 Session

The thought-processes determining that one public-domain session is an Essential Jazz Classic (see Monk above) and another is a mere...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2015

Johnny Griffin: Four Classic Albums

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Mike Gibbs + Twelve: Play Gil Evans

Finn Peters | Hans Koller | Jeff Williams | Jim Rattigan | Joe Auckland | Julian Siegel | Lluis Mather | Mark Nightingale | Michael Janisch | Mike Gibbs

It’s taken last year’s tribute concerts to coax a new album out of Gibbs. He’s clearly a connoisseur of Evans...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Complete Recordings

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Paul Chambers | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Flanagan

In the sleeve note, Adderley describes his music as “a lot of funk, a lot of gospel-sounding stuff and cute...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2018

Various: An Easy Introduction to Bossa Nova: Top 20 Albums

Antonio Carlos Jobim | Coleman Hawkins | João Gilberto | Laurindo Almeida | Stan Getz | Vinicius de Moraes

A sumptuous collection of 20 albums celebrating the late 1950s bossa nova craze in Brazil, a third world country that...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2020

Album Interview: Youn Sun Nah: Elles

Jon Cowherd | Youn Sun Nah

This latest studio album from the South Korean vocalist and songwriter (previously with ACT Music) finds her creatively reimagining a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2024

Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery: Bags Meets Wes!

Amando Peraza | Buddy Montgomery | George Shearing | Milt Jackson | Monk Montgomery | Philly Joe Jones | Richard Chimelis | Sam Jones | Walter Perkins | Wes Montgomery

Even after Wes Montgomery cut himself free of his brothers Buddy and Monk to carve out a solo career, he...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2012

KGQ: Under The Influence

Dave O’Higgins | Kieron Garrett | Mike Pratt | Peter Cumber

This is the second quartet album from Garrett and crew. It sounds like a band that has honed its craft...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: November/2016

Chris Biscoe: Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook

Chris Biscoe | Dave Whitford | Jon Scott | Kate Williams | Mike Outram

The only criticism you can have of Chris Biscoe's 50-plus years in jazz is why he's recorded so few projects...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023

Duncan Eagles: Citizen

Dave Hamblett | David Preston | Duncan Eagles | Matt Robinson | Max Luthert

For close to a decade, saxophonist-composer Duncan Eagles has been a guiding influence on the structure-stretching cooperative trio Partikel, a...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2019