Buddy Tate: Swingville Sessions

Three albums on two CDs show off Buddy at the height of his powers, with his bluff Texas tenor commanding...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Jakob Bro: Streams

Chris Jennings | Illya Amar | John Hadfield | Nguyên Lê

Another instalment of majestically ventilated minimalism courtesy of this wonderful Danish guitarist's trio. While their previous album on ECM –...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: April/2019

ELF: Reflections

Alex Sipiagin | Conrad Herwig | David Kikoski | Igor Butman | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Kenny Davis

Yorkshire-born horn virtuoso Dave Lee is a prominent member of the Michael Nyman Band, as well as having performed at...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2016

Quinsin Nachoff: Flux

David Binney | Kenny Wollesen | Matt Mitchell | Quinsin Nachoff

Avant-garde tenorist Nachoff comes from Toronto, Canada. He is equally at home with jazz and contemporary classical music and his...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

Billie Holiday: Complete Decca Recordings

Cut between 1944 and 1950, this is largely Billie with big bands and studio orchestras, negotiating strings and occasionally over-written...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Clifford Brown: Jazz Immortal

Barry Galbraith | Bob Gordon | Carson Smith | Clifford Brown | Elmo Hope | George Morrow | Gigi Gryce | Henri Renaud | Jack Montrose | Joe Mondragon

Despite more than 60 years passing since his fatal road accident, the flame of Brown's trumpet still burns brightly, as...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2019

Eric Reed Quartet: Everybody Gets The Blues

Eric Reed | McClenty Hunter | Mike Gurrola | Tim Green

Reed writes eloquently and touchingly about his religious faith in his lengthy album essay. The son and grandson of devout...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2019

Wayne Horvitz & The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble: At the Reception

Wayne Horvitz

Fans of the late Butch Morris' approach to ensemble improvisation will find much to pore over here. ‘Conduction’ – as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2015

Sax Gordon: In the Wee Small Hours

Rooted in the Chicago blues, tenor saxophonist gets some McGriff grooves motoring along with Alberto Marsico's B3 in a classic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Dizzy Gillespie Big Band: Complete 1956-57 Studio Sessions

Dizzy's finest mid-1950s albums World Statesman, In Greece and Birks Works plus bonuses, sensibly packaged together, competing with Verve's now...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015