The Blue Notes: All In A Day's Work

Led by the veteran Edison Lighthouse drummer Stephane Booroff, this derivative yet finger-snapping quintet features Partikel saxophonist Duncan Eagles and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

The Marsalis Family: Music Redeems

Branford Marsalis | Delfeayo Marsalis | Ellis Marsalis Jr | Eric Revis | Harry Connick Jr | Herlin Riley | Jason Marsalis | Wynton Marsalis

Here they are, the massed Marsali, in concert (augmented by patriarch Ellis's most famous protégé, the popular vocalist-pianist Harry Connick...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2011

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