Sunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond

Porgrimur Jónsson | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs

This is Sunna Gunnlaugs’ first trio album in 13 years, and here she is accompanied by Porgrimur Jónsson on bass...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2012

George Russell Sextet featuring Jan Garbarek: Trip to Prillarguri

Arild Andersen | George Russell | Jan Garbarek | Jon Christensen | Stanton Davis | Terje Rypdal

There is little doubt that George Russell's Scandinavian sojourn (1963-69) had an enormous impact on Swedish and Norwegian jazz, not...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2017

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