George Benson: Body Talk

Earl Klugh | Gary King | George Benson | Harold Mabern | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Ron Carter

CTI stands for Creed Taylor Incorporated, a byword not only for production quality but also smoothness. Yet fear not, this...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2011

John Butcher & Rhodri Davies: Drunk On Dreams

John Butcher | Rhodri Davies

Across three unhurried and slowly evolving soundscapes, Butcher and Davies luxuriate in the opportunity to explore extended techniques that seem...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2019

Kenny Drew: Four Classic Albums Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio/This Is New/Talkin' & Walkin'/Pal Joey

Art Blakey | Curly Russell | Donald Byrd | G.T. Hogan | Hank Mobley | Joe Maini | Kenny Drew | Lawrence Marable | Leroy Vinnegar | Philly Joe Jones

Though he recorded in the region of four-dozen albums under his own name, nowadays Kenny Drew is perhaps best known...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013

The Basie-ites: How High The Moon

A Basie 10-piece with Barry Harris, and a sextet with Jimmy Jones on piano are on show here with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

James Beckwith: Long Distance

James Beckwith

Keyboardist Beckwith's debut is a disarmingly dreamy suite, breaking down barriers between past and present over similarly borderless fusion sounds....

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2020

Brötzmann/Schlippenbach/Bennink: Fifty Years After… Live At The Lila Eule Bremen 26.05.2018

Alex Von Schlippenbach | Han Bennink | Peter Brötzmann

This pugnacious live encounter was performed as part of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Peter Brötzmann's game-changing classic...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Gene Krupa: Blue Rhythm Fantasy

Gene Krupa

This is the kind of cheap CD you’ll find on street market stalls or in cut price book shops. It...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018

Faith Brackenbury: KnifeAngel

Alex Maguire | Faith Brackenbury | Martin Speake | Oli Hayhurst | Rob Luft | Will Glaser

Brackenbury's prolific, post-motherhood output over the past decade finds inspiration here in Alfie Bradley's ‘Knife Angel’, a giant sculpture of...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2019

Chris Byars: Rhythm and Blues of the 20s

Ari Roland | Chris Byars | John Mosca | Phil Stewart | Stefano Doglioni | Zaid Nasser

New Yorker Byars says this isn’t old style R&B that he is offering here, rather it's a series of his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad: What Was Said

Jarle Vespestad | Simin Tander | Tord Gustavsen

This album is all about the subtlety of sound, which has been perfectly captured in Oslo’s Rainbow Studio. First are...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2016