Theo Croker: BLK2Life: A Future Past

Anthony Ware | Ari Lennox | Charlotte Dos Santos | Ego Ella May | Eric Wheeler | Gary Bartz | Iman Omari | Jeff Parker | Kassa Overall | Malaya

Theo Croker’s last album Star Nation earned him a Grammy nomination, and the steep ascent of the Florida-born composer, producer...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2022

Bill Laurance Trio: Live At Ronnie Scott's

Bill Laurance | Jonathan Harvey | Marijus Aleksa

Generously, Snarky Puppy keyboardist Bill Laurance dedicates this beautifully-recorded (perhaps it’s a tad too pristine – a bit more of...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2020

Trio DEF

Drawing inspiration from Terje Rypdal and David Torn, this Canadian-American all guitar trio adds a portion of Sco funk for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Mel Tormé: Sings Shubert Alley/Back In Town

Al Porcino | Art Pepper | Barney Kessel | Bill Hood | Bill Perkins | Bill Pittman | Bobby Gibbons | Frank Rosolino | Jack Sheldon | Joe Mondragon

Mel Tormé was good… damn good and he knew it… knew it to the point where, later in his career,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2012

Booker Ervin & Horace Parlan: Complete 4tet/5tet/6tet Recordings

Al Harewood | Billy Higgins | Booker Ervin | Butch Warren | Dannie Richmond | Frank Strozier | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Johnny Coles

Anyone familiar with Mingus Ah Um, Blues And Roots, Jazz Portraits/Alice In Wonderland and Oh Yeah! can't fail to have...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2016

Charlotte Keefe: Right Here, Right Now, Solo Duo Quartet Large Ensemble

Caroline Kraabel | Charlotte Keefe | John Edwards | Maggie Nicols | Phil Minton | Steve Beresford

British trumpeter Charlotte Keefe expands her work in more ways than one. Moving from solo to duo to quartet to...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2021

Various Artists: New Horizons: A Bristol Jazz Sound

Alun Elliott Williams

In March 2020 (just before ‘you-know-what’) Bristol jazz promoter Worm Disco Club announced the launch of a record label to...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/2020

Rudy Royston: Flatbed Buggy

The Bill Frisell drummer steps up for his third recording as leader, stirring up memories of his rural background with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Jerry Bergonzi: Nearly Blue

Andrea Michelutti | Jerry Bergonzi | Renato Chicco

Jerry Bergonzi is the opposite of a showy player, but on his recent releases, the American's mastery of the tenor...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2020

Sally Night: Night Time

The Japanese Venus label puts the spotlight on an ex-Brit mainstream straightahead singer with a touch of class while the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015