Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 3

Bob Cranshaw | Bobby Broom | Clifton Anderson | Kimati Dinizulu | Kobie Watkins | Perry Wilson | Peter Bernstein | Sammy Figueroa | Sonny Rollins | Stephen Scott

This begins with a lengthy bout of applause, entirely justified by what follows. It's not just Rollins' infernally catchy riff...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2014

Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Small Town

Bill Frisell | Thomas Morgan

Following the epic thunder of his run out with Cuong Vu, Small Town finds Frisell, that most serial of collaborators,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017

Raymond MacDonald/Marilyn Crispell: Songs Along The Way

Marilyn Crispell | Raymond MacDonald

This is the second album from the US-Scottish duo of Marilyn Crispell and Raymond MacDonald, partly recorded in the studio...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019

Hank Jones: Four Classic Albums

Jones had such a long and rewarding career, consistently praised until his death in 2010, that it's instructive to go...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Judith Owen: Come On and Get It

David Torkanowsky | Jason Marsalis | Judith Owen | Nicholas Payton

Recorded at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans with a stellar cast of musicians, Judith Owen’s Come On and Get It...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

Dan Mar-Molinero: Taproot

Alison Hughes | Bas Terraz | Ben Oliver | Cameron Barnett | Catilin Jeffery | Dan Mar-Molinero | Dave Smith | Harvey Tongs | James Ashdown | Jamie Wall

Dan Mar-Molinero is an educator, saxophonist and composer working out of Southampton University’s very active jazz programme: you’ll find him...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023

Medeski, Martin and Wood: Free Magic

Billy Martin | Chris Wood | John Medeski

MMW are a band to catch live, and if you haven't, there's no finer place to start than here, especially...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012

Anthony Strong: Me And My Radio

Andy Ball | Anthony Strong | Nicholas Costley-White | Spencer Brown

With irresistibly catchy hooks and plenty of textural ear candy, Me And My Radio will satisfy even the most sweet-toothed...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2019

Harry Connick Jr: True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter

Bob Sheppard | Harry Connick, Jr | Lucien Barbarin | Mark Braud | Neal Caine

For his debut album on the legendary Verve label, musician and actor Harry Connick Jr constructs, conducts and arranges a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020

Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: This Is Latin Jazz

Charlie Sepúlveda

Recorded at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center just before the pandemic struck, this album was intended, as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2021