Chet Baker: Salt Peanuts

Bob Mover | Burkhard Ruckert | Chet Baker | Dennis Luxion | Jon Eardley | Rocky Knauer

Here we have the opposite ends of Chet's career. At the recent end, we have the fading star in Germany,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2020

Ivie Anderson: The Ivie Anderson Collection 1932-46

For the most part this excellent set charts Anderson’s 10-year career as Duke Ellington’s vocalist, adding four tracks from late...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Matt Slocum: Trio Pacific Vol 1

A breezily intimate drummer-led trio featuring sax and guitar are content to create an atmosphere of sonics, but lack the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

Count Basie: Kansas City 7/Memories ad lib

A pairing of 2 LPs originally on Impulse and Roulette, the 7-piece KC ensemble is the better, compared to Basie’s...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Diana Krall: Wallflower

David Foster | Diana Krall

Produced by David Foster, who also takes on main piano duties, this new studio album from Diana Krall presents a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2014

Marcos Varela: San Ygnacio

A cross generation with fine bassist Marcos Varela linking up with consummate jazz veterans George Cables and Billy Hart for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado y Orquesta: Salswing!

Ruben Blades

Disc one of a three-part opus from the great Ruben Blades, the Panamanian citizen (and musician, actor, activist and politician)...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021

Burton/McPherson Trio ft Dezron Douglas: The Summit Rock Session at Seneca Village

Abraham Burton | Dezron Douglas | Eric McPherson

Jimmy and Dena Katz founded the Giant Steps Arts label in January 2018 to live– record New York’s finest. A...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2022

Thelonious Monk: Jackie-ing

Charlie Rouse | Frankie Dunlop | John Ore | Thelonious Monk

As if to disprove my comment in Jazzwise 186 about the relative infrequency of recordings from Monk's first European tour,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Emma Frank: Come Back

This low-key, folky singer-songwriter is joined by the idiosyncratic pianist Aaron Parks, who's the jazz interest here. Joni Mitchell and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019