Adam Cruz: Milestone

Adam Cruz | Ben Street | Chris Potter | Edward Simon | Miguel Zenón | Steve Cardenas | Steve Wilson

You should be familiar with the name of Adam Cruz through any one of his sideman gigs with people like...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2012

Idris Muhammad: Kabsha

Idris Muhammad

One of the key bridges between jazz and hip-hop New Orleans, drum legend Idris Muhammad has a special place in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2020

Patrick Shiroishi: Tulean Dispatch

Dedicated to the memory of Shiroishi’s grandparents, who were incarcerated at the Tule Lake internment camp during WWII, this cassette-only...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Enrico Rava/Fred Hersch: The Song Is You

Enrico Rava | Fred Hersch

Enrico Rava has a particular affinity for working in duo with pianists, his notable previous collaborators including Stefano Bollani and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2022

Ahmed Dickinson & Trio Mestizo: The Havana Suite

Ahmed Dickinson | Emma Blanco | Hamadi Rencurrell

Why isn’t Ahmed Dickinson better known on the UK jazz circuit? The Cuban-born classical guitarist has been making ripples here...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2011

Romain Collin: Press Enter

Grey McMurray | Jean-Michel Pilc | Kendrick Scott | Laura Metcalf | Luques Curtis | Megan Rose | Mino Cinelu | Romain Collin

Born in France but based in New York, to which he moved after graduating from the Berklee College of Music...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2015

Szilárd Mezei's Tubass Quintet: Rested Tuquoise

Four double basses (two in each channel) plus tuba in the centre – that's the kind of lineup I could...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella & Louis Again

Ella Fitzgerald | Herb Ellis | Louis Armstrong | Louis Bellson | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown

The timeless music here makes one forget what a surprise it and its 1956 predecessor Ella & Louis were at...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2020

Louise Dodds: The Story Needs an Ending

Alyn Cosker | Andrew Robb | Louise Dodds | Tom Gibbs

This is Scottish vocalist Louise Dodds’ first album in nine years, and her first to consist solely of her own...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2022

Roberto Ottaviano: Astrolabio

Featuring the revered clarinettist Gianluigi Trovesi and tuba-ist Michel Godard, Ottaviano’s chamber quartet offer a delightfully impassioned mix of free...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016