Review of Noah Haidu: Standards II

Noah Haidu: Standards II

Billy Hart | Buster Williams | Noah Haidu

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

By the time Haidu’s trio recorded this, at the Van Gelder studio, they had been working together (on and off)...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2024

Review of Sam Braysher: That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill

Sam Braysher: That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill

Dario Di Lecce | Matyas Gayer | Sam Braysher | Sara Dowling | Steve Brown

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

This third album from London-based alto saxist Sam Braysher pays tribute to Kurt Weill by deftly navigating the composer’s lesser-known...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2024

Review of Nicole McCabe: A Song to Sing

Nicole McCabe: A Song to Sing

Justin Brown | Logan Kane | Nicole McCabe | Paul Cornish

Editor's Choice

Colorfield Records

Rating: ★★★★

As part of a discernible collective trend towards self-penned albums, this one has many hallmarks of good jazz composition –...

Reviewed by Victoria Kingham in issue: May/2025

Review of Jimmy Greene: Flowers – Beautiful Life Vol 2

Jimmy Greene: Flowers – Beautiful Life Vol 2

Ben Williams | Jean Baylor | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Jimmy Greene | John Patitucci | Kevin Hays | Mike Moreno | Renee Rosnes | Sheena Rattai

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Jimmy Greene's daughter Ana, then aged 6, was one of the 26 students and staff killed in the 2012 Sandy...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2017

Review of Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba: 30 Years: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America

Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba: 30 Years: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America

Abraham Rodriguez | Adam Cruz | Daniel Carbonell | Freddie Hendrix | Howard Johnson | Michele Rosewoman | Mike Lee | Nina Rodriguez | Oliver Lake | Pedrito Martinez

Advance Dance Disques

Rating: ★★★★

Exactly 30 years ago, pianist Michele Rosewoman received financial support from the National Endowment for the Arts to pioneer a...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2014

Review of Elan Mehler Trio: There Is A Dance

Elan Mehler Trio: There Is A Dance

Elan Mehler | Francisco Mela | Tony Scherr

Newvelle Records

Rating: ★★★★

Elan Mehler was discovered by Gilles Peterson in 2007 and went on to release three albums for Peterson's Brownswood imprint:...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2022

Review of Harry Beckett: Joy Unlimited

Harry Beckett: Joy Unlimited

Harry Beckett

Cadillac

Rating: ★★★★

The late, great UK-resident Barbadian musician Harry Beckett had an instantly recognisable signature on the trumpet, a blend of vivacious...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2020

Review of Art Tatum/Ben Webster: The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet

Art Tatum/Ben Webster: The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet

Art Tatum | Ben Webster | Bill Douglass | Jo Jones | Ray Brown | Red Callendar | Teddy Wilson

State of Art

Rating: ★★★★

The core of this elegantly packaged release is the seven-track album cut by Tatum and Webster in 1956, and which...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2019

Review of Jason Palmer: Con Alma

Jason Palmer: Con Alma

Jason Palmer | Joe Martin | Kendrick Scott | Leo Genevese

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

Jason Palmer's spiky tone and long angular lines are rooted in the lyrical, harmonically sophisticated trumpet tradition of Booker Little.Original...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022

Review of Ebi Soda: Honk If You’re Sad

Ebi Soda: Honk If You’re Sad

Conor Knight | Dan Gray | Deji Ijishakin | Hari-Lee Evans | Louis Jenkins | Sam Schlich Davies | VVilhelm | Yazz Ahmed

Tru Thoughts TRU424

Rating: ★★★

Youthful Brightonian quartet Ebi Soda bring some of the character of the bohos’ favourite coastal town into their take on...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2022

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