Alicia & Michael Olatuja: Olatuja
Although vocalist Alicia and bassist Michael Olatuja are accomplished artists in their own right, their collaborations bring out the best...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2024
Polly Gibbons: Many Faces of Love
Hot on the heels of last year's brilliant My Own Company, this new album from vocalist Polly Gibbons presents 12...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015
Food: Mercurial Balm
This is an impressive follow-up to Food's 2010 debut on the ECM label, Quiet Inlet. More ambitious in scope, it...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Amok Amor: We Know Not What We Do
Christian Lillinger | Peter Evans | Petter Eldh | Wanja Slavin
The line-up is an exciting one: the ferociously virtuosic NY-based trumpeter Peter Evans, perhaps best known for his role in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017
Walter Smith III: Twio
Christian McBride | Eric Harland | Harish Raghavan | Joshua Redman | Walter Smith
Many listeners probably woke up to the patiently-spun, dry-toned lines of Texan tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III around 2011, on...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2018
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
Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim: Harlem
When he was known as Juan Amalbert and led the Latin Jazz quintet in the 1960s, Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim worked with...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Frederik Köster Quartett: Momentaufnahme
Frederik Köster | Niels Klein | Ralf Gessler | Robert Landfermann | Tobias Hoffmann
Formed in 2003, trumpeter Frederik Köster's Quartett released two albums, Constantly Moving and Zeichen der Zeit (Signs of the Time),...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2013
Enrico Pieranunzi: Stories
Antonio Sanchez | Enrico Pieranunzi | Scott Colley
Cam Jazz only recently reissued the splendid double-CD Play Morricone set by Enrico Pieranunzi with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2014
Andreas Varady
That the Slovakian-born guitarist is only 17 and a precociously gifted technician is the hook here. It starts promisingly with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014
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