Alphonse Mouzon: In Search Of A Dream

Alphonse Mouzon | Bob Malik | Joachim Kuhn | Miroslav Vitous | Philippe Catherine | Stu (credited as Stan) Goldberg

A German super-session mixing Mouzon's touring band of the time (Vitous, Malik and Goldberg) with continental acolytes, notably a young...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Marek Napiorkowski: Up!

Adam Pieroczyk | Clarence Penn | Henryk Miskiewicz | Krzysztof Herdzin | Marek Napiorkowski | Robert Kubiszyn

As the credits make clear this is the meeting of a jazz band, a sextet led by Polish guitarist Napiorkowski,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2016

Noah Preminger: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

Ian Froman | Jason Palmer | Kim Cass | Noah Preminger

Southern Blues devotees will recognise the title of the Blind Willie Johnson masterpiece, and if that whets the appetite then...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

Louis Lester Band: Dancing on the Edge

Angel Coulby | Chris Storr | Chris Traves | Dave Bishop | Jay Phelps | John Parricelli | Martin Robertson | Matthew Senior | Nick Moss | Pat Clahar

Composer Adrian Johnston's music for the Louis Lester Band, the fictional 1930s black British jazz band whose story was told...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: April/2013

Christian Garrick: Spirit of Stephane

This UK violinist's quaint tribute to Django's legendary group partner Stéphane Grappelli includes tunes by Stevie Wonder and Bill Evans,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Dolo Coker: California Hard

Art Pepper | Blue Mitchell | Dolo Coker | Frank Butler | Leroy Vinnegar

Two important points are made here. As the title suggests, the West Coast was never reducible to ‘cool’ or rather,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2016

Viktoria Tolstoy: Stations

Joel Lyssarides | Krister Jonsson | Mattias Svennson | Rasmus Kihlberg | Viktoria Tolstoy

As emotionally engaging as it is immaculately performed, this latest album from vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy scores highly for its striking...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2020

Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion: This Is The Life I Choose

British singer-songwriter Zoe Schwarz’ Blue Commotion are an authentically nostalgic bunch, with originals close to the early bluesy new wave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Dr Jyotsna Srikanth: Carnatic Jazz

Arun Kumar | Jyotsna Srikanth | Praveen D Rao | Ravichandra Kulur | Shadrach Solomon | Suma Rani

Violin is so central to the South Indian (‘Carnatic’) musical firmament that it is hard to unpick this European introduction...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: June/2011

Frank Sinatra and Count Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings

Count Basie | Frank Sinatra

You won't find Sinatra mentioned in many books on jazz. Indeed, for over the past 50 years, whether or not...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2012