Florian Arbenz: Conversation #10 – Inland

Christy Doran | Florian Arbenz | Martial In-Albon | Matthias Würsch | Nils Wogram | Rafael Jerjen

In the tenth of 12 instalments of musical ‘Conversations’, the drummer/percussionist Florian Arbenz turns to the musicians of his Swiss...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2024

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

Miho Hazama and the Danish Radio Big Band: Imaginary Visions

| Miho Hamza

Miho Hazama, born in Japan, works between New York City, where she now lives, and Europe where she is chief...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Bill Evans: Three Classic Albums Plus

Avid has gradually created a worthwhile if inconsistent stable of public-domain reissues, but I feel the stable door should have...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2019