Leo Parker: The Last Sessions/Let Me Tell You ‘Bout It/Rollin’ With Leo

Al Lucas | Andrew Johnson | Bill Jennings | Bill Swindell | Charlie Rouse | Dave Burns | George DeHart | Jack The Bear Parker | Joe Newman | Joe Williams

Back in the day, being a jazz musician should have carried with it a health warning. Sadly at least half...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015

Pablo Held Trio: Recondita Armonia

Jonas Burgwinkel | Pablo Held | Robert Landfermann

The German pianist may only be 28 but this is already the seventh album to carry his name for this...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Julie London: Calendar Girl

Twelve songs relating to 12 months are no problem for London, despite a vintage set of sleeve photos of dubious...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Gary Husband: A Meeting of Spirits

Gary Husband

Few artists have been better positioned to appreciate the vision of John McLaughlin. A fan since his teen years, Husband...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Various Artists: Haunted House: Vintage Music For Hallowe’en

Artie Shaw | Bessie Smith | Bing Crosby | Cab Calloway | Chris Barber | Duke Ellington | Frank Sinatra | Gene Krupa | Hugh Masekela | Jelly Roll Morton

This 26-track Hallowe’en-themed compilation is great fun, even if some of the selections (Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers’ 1962...

Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: November/2022

Curtis Stigers with the Danish Radio Big Band: One More for the Road

Curtis Stigers | Danish Radio Big Band

If there are some albums which outstay their welcome by shoehorning in a sub-par filler or two, equally there are...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017

Things to Sound: 3

If you woz there, then this 42-minute free improv piece by a Swiss trio featuring saxophonist Tobias Meier ‘live’ at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Christophe Monniot: Jericho Sinfonia

Adrien Chennebault | Alan Regardin | Alexis Persigan | Christophe Monniot | Florian Satche | Gabriel Lemaire | Guillaume Aknine | Jean-Baptiste Lacou | Quentin Biardeau | Roberto Negro

Jericho Sinfonia is an ambitiously diverse, high-concept work by the French saxophonist Christophe Monniot. With the title referencing the biblical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Ann-Margret: Songs from ‘The Swinger’

Despite compositions by Previn, charts by Marty Paich and Quincy Jones, the Swedish actress was not a singer by trade,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017

Atlantic Jazz Ensemble: Oceanic Suite

Founded in 2013 by members of the Souljazz Orchestra, this is Canada's version of British trumpeter Matthew Halsall's retro spiritual...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016