Kevin Eubanks: The Messenger

Alvin Chea | Bill Pierce | Duane Eubanks | Joey De Leon Jr | Kevin Eubanks | Marvin Smitty Smith | Rene Camacho | Robin Eubanks

Writing in the sleeve booklet, guitarist Eubanks explains that on this date he wanted to broaden out from a narrow...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Sonny Rollins Trio: Live In Europe 1959

Henry Grimes | Joe Harris | Kenny Clarke | Pete LaRoca | Sonny Rollins

Claiming to collect together in one place all the live recordings from Rollins' 1959 European visit, this catches him five...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Falkner Evans: Through the Lens

Falkner Evans

"When Linda was still here, I would be playing in the living room and she would ask, 'What is that?’,"...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2023

Don Ellis: The Hindustani Jazz Orchestra Live at UCLA

Chuck Domanico | Dave Mackay | Don Ellis | Emil Richards | Gable Baltazar | Hari Har Rao | Steve Bohannon

Ellis had already been making a name for himself in jazz with albums like How Time Passes (1960) and New...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022

Enrico Rava: Easy Living

Enrico Rava | Gianluca Petrella | Roberto Gatto | Rosario Bonaccorso | Stefano Bollani

There's no downside to being a Miles Davis disciple, if you can do something as personal with that sound as...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2019

Ryan Quigley: What Doesn't Kill You

Clarence Penn | Michael Janisch | Paul Booth | Ryan Quigley | Steve Hamilton

The busy and versatile trumpeter has assembled a fine band of like-minded musicians. Enlisting Penn, described by Drummerworld as “one...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Vanessa Rubin: The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron

Carl Allen | John Cowherd | Kenny Davis | Vanessa Rubin

While any new recording by the illustrious Vanessa Rubin should immediately pique the interest of vocal jazz fans, the singer’s...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2019

Jonathan Kreisberg: Wave Upon Wave

Led by guitarist and composer Kreisberg and featuring British New York-based saxophonist Will Vinson, drummer Colin Stranahan and pianist Kevin...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love

Bobby Bradford | David Murray | Gregory Porter | Jaribu Shahid | Macy Gray | Marc Cary | Nasheet Waits

A new Murray quartet is always something of an event given the illustrious nature of the precedents, and this latest...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013

trioTrio/Sheila Jordan: trioTrio Meets Sheila Jordan

David Ambrosio | Jacob Sacks | Sheila Jordan | Vinnie Sperrazza

You wait ages for a new record from the great Sheila Jordan, and along come two at once. Obviously, the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2022