The Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts/Frank Basile Sextet: In The Empire State

Frank Basile | Jeb Patton | Matt Fishwick | Mike Karn | Osian Roberts | Steve Fishwick

For my (rapidly falling off the perch) generation, the British trumpet player was unquestionably Jimmy Deuchar. And for those who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2016

Jim Hall: Three Classic Albums Plus

This excellent double-album compendium captures the earliest recordings of Jim Hall, the quintessential example of a guitarist's guitarist. You don't...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2019

Terry Seabrook's Milestones: Sketches of Miles

Alan Barnes | Dave Whitford | Graeme Flowers | Ian Price | Spike Wells | Terry Seabrook

Seabrook has been touring extensively with this band and it shows. Audiences have liked their music and it's easy to...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2011

Ivo Neame: Yatra

Dave Hamblett | Ivo Neame | Jason Yarde | Jasper Hoiby | Jim Hart | Jon Shenoy | Shabaka Hutchings | Tori Freestone

Recorded in Neasden rather than in an ashram, with the roar of the North Circular road only a sharp intake...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012

Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club: Rendell/Carr Quintet 1965-1966

Colin Purbrook | Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Jeff Clyne | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

For those with the vinyl box set, Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-1969 from Jazzman, original EMI...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021

The Great Wee Band: Light Blue

Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stan Sulzmann | Stu Butterfield

For those not in the know, the quartet’s name was bestowed on them by Mullen as a term of approval...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012

Alex Hitchcock/Ant Law: Same Moon in the Same World

Alex Hitchcock | Ant Law | Ben Williams | Eric Harland | Jasper Høiby | Jeff Ballard | Joel Ross | Kendrick Scott | Linda May Han Oh | Sun-Mi Hong

London-born saxophonist Alex Hitchcock is only six years out of the Royal Academy of Music's jazz course, but he's already...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2023

John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable

Ambrose Akinmusire | David Binney | John Escreet | Matt Brewer | Nasheet Waits

In such a short space of time, the Doncaster-born pianist and composer John Escreet has made quite an impact on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Judy Niemack: What's Love?

Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Joe Farnsworth | Judy Niemack | Peter Bernstein | Sullivan Fortner

Recorded over two days at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, this fine new album from...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2023

Pat Metheny: Side-Eye – NYC (V1–IV)

James Francies | Marcus Gilmore | Pat Metheny

Our received notions of Pat Metheny is that there is not one, but two Pat Methenys. There’s the Pat Metheny...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021