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

Grant Green: First Recordings

Elvin Jones | Gene Ramey | Grant Green | Harold Mabern | Jimmy Forrest

As every jazz historian will tell you, a shedload of momentous recordings were made in 1959, including Kind Of Blue,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2013

Michael Weiss: Persistence

Eric Alexander | Michael Weiss | Paul Gill | Pete Van Nostrand

It’s 19 years since Michael Weiss’s last recording, from a time when he seemed to be everywhere, after he won...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2022

Cæcilie Norby: Sisters In Jazz

Cæcilie Norby | Dorota Piotrowska | Hildegunn Øiseth | Lisa Wulff | Marilyn Mazur | Nicole Johänntgen | Rita Marcotulli

Prompted by an idea from ACT label owner Siggi Loch, this outstanding new recording from Danish vocalist Cæcilie Norby celebrates...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2019

Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday Songbook

Aaron Bell | Artie Shaw | Barney Kessel | Ben Webster | Bernard Addison | Bernie Privin | Bill Stegmeyer | Billie Holiday | Bob Haggart | Bobby Hackett

This 2CD set is two entirely separate albums in one cover. The idea is to draw together all the songs...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2018

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

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

Mike Taylor: Mandala

Dave Tomlin | Jon Hiseman | Mike Taylor | Tony Reeves

The introductory compilation album of Decca's new 1960s/70s British Jazz Explosion reissue series includes a track from the restless and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021