David Virelles: Continuum

Anders Thorén | Espen Berg | Hayden Powell | Jesper Bodilsen | Seamus Blake

From the gong that resonates so grandly in the opening piece ‘One’ to the final jangling bells on the closer...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019

Earl Hines: Piano Genius at Work

Arvell Shaw | Barney Bigard | Bill English | Calvin Newborn | Carl Pruitt | Darnell Howard | Dicky Wells | Don McDonald | Earl Hines | Earl Watkins

This 7CD box with bonus DVD is a considerable improvement on the same label’s Billy Strayhorn collection, which missed several...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2016

Dee Daniels: State of the Art

A latecomer to jazz vocals, this New York-based singer has something of her namesake Dee Dee Bridgewater about her interpretations...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Frank Wess: North, South, East, Wess and No Count

The Basie tenorist and flautist in two 1956 sessions with just guitar, bass and drums rhythm, plus Frank Foster and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Nils Landgren with Janis Siegel: Some Other Time: A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein

Bochumer Symphoniker | Dieter Ilg | Jan Lundgren | Janis Siegel | Nils Landgren | Wolfgang Haffner

Landgren may have cornered the market on Scandinavian funk, but his excursions into The Great American Songbook are more enjoyable....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2016

Fred Frith Trio: Another Day in Fucking Paradise

Fred Frith | Jason Hoopes | Jordan Glenn

Frith remains the most splendidly bloody-minded of innovators. Another Day…, perhaps thankfully, has little to do with Phil Collins, but...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016

Various Artists: If You're Not Part Of The Solution

Clifford Jordan Quartet | Eddie Jeferson | Gary Bartz | Harold Vick | Joe Henderson | Johnny Hammond Smith | Johnny Lytle

Subtitled ‘Soul, politics and spirituality in jazz’, this excellent compilation from the greatly experienced archivist Dean Rudland presents an engaging...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2019

Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet: Live at Minton's Playhouse NYC

Ben Riley | Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis | Johnny Grifln | Junior Mance | Larry Gales

This exuberant session took place more than 40 years ago, yet my recollections of the same band playing a steamy...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2012

Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band ft Chris Potter: Rituals

Chris Potter | Jean Paul Höchstädter | Jim McNeely | Martin Scales | Peter Reiter | Thomas Heidepriem

This album’s centrepiece, the six-part 'Ritual' suite, is inspired by Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). Composed...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2022

Bubblemath: Edit Peptide

Fifteen years after their debut, these whimsical pop-progsters return with a vengeance with an effervescent set of new songs and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017