Vinnie Riccitelli Octet: For The Record

Bruce Bonvissuto | Chris Riccitelli | Eddie Monteiro | Glenn Drewes | Joe Stelluti | Leo Ursini | Lou Stelluti | Nathan Childers | Tony Tedesco | Vinnie Riccitelli

Here's a surprise. Having last recorded a jazz album under his own name back in 1956, 94-year old New York...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2021

Quincy Jones Big Band: The Complete 1960 European Concerts

Ake Persson | Benny Bailey | Budd Johnson | Buddy Catlett | Clark Terry | Clyde Reasinger | Floyd Standifer | Harold McNair | Jerome Richardson | Jimmy Cleveland

In the late 1950s Quincy Jones put together an all-star American big band to tour Europe as part of a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022

Chet Baker: In Paris Complete Original Recordings

The three LPs and one EP that Baker recorded in 1955, either side of the death of Dick Twardzik, for...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2013

Shirley Smart: Long Story Short

Demi Garcia Sabat | John Crawford | Nicolas Meier | Nikki Iles | Orphy Robinson | Shirley Smart

Shirley Smart originally trained as a classical cellist before relocating to Jerusalem, where she resided for the entire decade of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019

Mauro Gargano Trio: Feed

This Puglia-based bassist leads an expressive piano trio featuring Norwegian pianist Alessandro Sgobbio and French drummer Christophe Marguet and their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Mavis Rivers: The Capitol Years 1959-60

Samoan-born Rivers had a lovely voice that lent itself to seductive love-songs, and here with natty charts from Nelson Riddle...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2015

Nina Ferro: Into The Light

James Farrell | Jano Rix | Michael Rojas | Nina Ferro | Sam Hawksley | Steve Mackey

Nina goes to Nashville, and the results are an already classic sounding album of 13 originals, all but three penned...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2014

Chris Speed Trio: Platinum on Tap

Chris Speed | Chris Tordini | Dave King

The quietly influential saxophonist Chris Speed’s CV reads like a Who’s Who of some of the most essential contemporary rock/...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Alex Webb: British Standard Time

Alex Webb | Andy Davies | Carroll Thompson | Ciyo Brown | Flo Moore | Jamie McCredie | Jo Harrop | Leo Richardson | Luca Manning | Nathaniel Cross

This new 15-track album from pianist, songwriter and MD Alex Webb presents a quartet of exceptional vocalists, a stellar cast...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2022

Golfam Khayam/Mona Matbou Riahi: Narrante

Golfam Khayam | Mona Matbou Riahi

A tranquil female duo of guitar-clarinet from Iran draw from Persian folk music sources, integrating its improvisatory leanings with nuances...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016