Chris Biscoe/Allison Neale: Then And Now

Allison Neale | Chris Biscoe | Colin Oxley | Jeremy Brown | Stu Butterfield

The co-leaders, both respected soloists and bandleaders in their own right, have come together to play music inspired by the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2017

Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell: All Night Long

Art Taylor | Donald Byrd | Doug Watkins | Frank Foster | Hank Mobley | Jerome Richardson | Kenny Burrell | Mal Waldron | Tommy Flanagan

Though not yet an innovator, Donald Byrd accurately reflected the mood of the time during which these recordings took place....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Matthew Shipp: Symbol Systems

Matthew Shipp

As Shipp continues to build a superlative body of work, both as leader and duo partner of saxophonist Ivo Perelman,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2018

Chet Baker: Chet Baker and Crew

A hard swinging quintet from 1956, with Bobby Timmons bringing a different dynamic from the more usual Russ Freeman, creates...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Ben Wolfe: Fatherhood

Bassist Wolfe pays tribute to his dad with an extended line-up including The Bad Plus' Orrin Evans, new vibes star...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Manfred Mann: Soul of Mann

Agreeable, swinging set of Hammondled jazz and R&B instrumentals from the 1966 Mann line-up, including trumpeter Henry Lowther, Lyn Dobson...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Ryo Fukui: Mellow Dream

A second album (from 1977) by the stellar Japanese pianist whose forte is again ballads, including a luscious ‘My Foolish...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Nucleus & Ian Carr: Torrid Zone: The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975

Allan Holdsworth | Aureo de Souza | Bob Bertles | Brian Smith | Bryan Spring | Chris Spedding | Clive Thacker | Dave MacRae | Geoff Castle | Gordon Beck

This is a mammoth effort, with all nine Nucleus albums from their Vertigo days squeezed onto a 6CD set, capturing...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2019

Luzia von Wyl Ensemble: Throwing Coins

This highly impressive young Swiss pianist-composer presents her chamber octet, with a colourful, soft-toned palette that's influenced by the French...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

David Amram: Classic American Film Scores 1956-2016

Adam Amram | Buster Bailey | David Amram | George Barrow | Harold Land | Jerry Dodgion | Laurindo Almeida | Pepper Adams | Sahib Shibab | Slide Hampton

This 5CD box packs in an enthrallingly diverse selection of musical polymath extraordinaire David Amram’s compositions and recordings, which tellingly...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: March/2016