Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Orchestra: Jazz Is Universal

One of the seminal albums by this fine orchestra makes a welcome reappearance on its original label, proving that what...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Carl Allen: Tippin’

Carl Allen | Chris Potter | Christian McBride | John Lee

Although he has now appeared on more than 200 releases, this is drummer Carl Allen’s first album as a leader...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2025

Tubby Hayes: No Blues: The Complete Hopbine ‘65

Dick Brennan | Kenny Powell | Ron Matthewson | Tommy Whittle | Tubby Hayes

Now if HG Wells’ 19th century time traveller had set his controls to the year 1965 instead of aeons further...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: September/2023

Eliane Elias: Mirror Mirror

Chick Corea | Chucho Valdés | Eliane Elias

Asked to name some of the great jazz piano duo albums and you might think of An Evening with Herbie...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

Terence Blanchard: The Comedian

Carl Allen | David Pulphus | Kenny Barron | Khari Allen Lee | Ravi Coltrane | Terence Blanchard

One of the key soundtrack composers of the last two decades returns to writing for the silver screen with a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2017

Various Artists: Oscar, With Love

Audrey Morris | Benny Green | Bill Charlap | Chick Corea | Dave Young | Gerald Clayton | Hiromi | Justin Kauflin | Kenny Barron | Lance Anderson

This impressive array of pianistic talent was selected by Oscar Peterson's widow Kelly to create a kind of musical festschrift,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2018

Noah Haidu: Doctone

Noah Haidu

Haidu, a former Kenny Barron student, considers the late Kenny Kirkland – who died in 1998 aged only 43 –...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2020

John Escreet: Exception to the Rule

David Binney | Eivind Opsvik | John Escreet | Nasheet Waits

In the sleeve notes the Doncasterborn, New York-resident pianist John Escreet describes how his most recent mentor and now closest...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Bill Charlap Trio: Notes from New York

Bill Charlap | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington

Now that Charlap has won a Grammy for his collaboration with Tony Bennett, we can expect some wider appreciation of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Noah Preminger/Broken Shadows/Gregory Tardy/Bill Frisell/Billy Lester/Kenny Werner/Hank Roberts: Newvelle Records: Seaso

Adopting a unique marketing strategy, first put into effect in 2015, Newvelle Records, co-founded by Elan Mehler and Jean-Christophe Morisseau,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019