Ambrose Akinmusire: The Imagined Savior is Far Easier To Paint

Ambrose Akinmusire | Becca Stevens | Charles Altura | Cold Specks | Harish Raghavan | Justin Brown | OSSO String Quartet | Sam Harris | Theo Bleckmann | Walter Smith III

This is trumpeter Akinmusire's second album on the Blue Note label that follows the critically acclaimed When the Heart Emerges...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2014

Oscar Peterson: The Sound of the Trio

These albums comprise Peterson's own favourite recordings by the Brown/Thigpen version of his trio, but rather than buy these individual...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

Miriam Ast & Victor Gutierrez feat. Stan Sulzmann: Secret Songs

An album of standards and originals (with a few dedications to guest veteran saxophonist Sulzmann) by a promising young ex-Royal...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Joe Locke: Subtle Disguise

Adam Rogers | Alina Engibaryan | David Binney | Jim Ridl | Joe Locke | Lorin Cohen | Raul Midón | Samvel Sarkisyan

The 59-year-old New York-based vibraphonist Joe Locke is not a musician that’s ever on-trend or part of a so-called cutting-edge,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Count Basie: Swinging The Blues

Al Killian | Benny Morton | Bill Johnson | Bobby Moore | Buck Clayton | Buddy Tate | Butch Ballard | C. Q. Price | Clark Terry | Coleman Hawkins

Back in the days of LPs, if you wanted a comprehensive history of the ‘Old Testament’ Basie band on record,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019

Mike Walker and Stuart McCallum: Beholden

Mike Walker | Stuart McCallum

Two gentle giants among contemporary guitarists join their subtle energies in one of the year's more satisfying collaborations. The album...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Chris Ingham Quartet: Stan

Arnie Somogyi | Chris Ingham | George Double | Mark Crooks

Pianist Ingham has form with this kind of thing. He’s already been out and about with tributes to Hoagy Carmichael...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2019

Christian McBride and Inside Straight: People Music

Carl Allen | Christian McBride | Christian Sands | Peter Martin | Steve Wilson | Ulysses Owens Jr | Warren Wolf

Christian McBride's straight-ahead project might not break any boundaries but, like the leader's propulsive bass playing, it certainly packs a...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2013

Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Ake Persson | Derek Humble | Francy Boland | Jimmy Deuchar | Jimmy Woode | Kenny Clarke | Mark Murphy | Ronnie Scott | Sahib Shihab

Here’s the premier male jazz vocalist of his day in assertive form in front of an octet taken from the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022

Stan Getz Quartet: Swiss Radio Days Vol. 29

Ed Thigpen | Jan Johansson | Ray Brown | Stan Getz

Impresario Norman Granz could never be accused of ever short-changing concertgoers. By 1960, his twice-yearly JATP road shows had changed...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013