Morning Glory

Chris Laurence | John Marshall | John Surman | John Taylor | Malcolm Griffiths | Terje Rypdal

Originally recorded for Chris Blackwell’s Island label in the early 1970s, this pair of albums from saxophonist John Surman saw...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: June/2016

Jakob Bro: Bay of Rainbows

Jakob Bro | Joey Baron | Thomas Morgan

Jakob Bro, you will be astonished to learn, is not Eddie Van Halen. The Danish jazz guitarist engages in atmospherics,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Feb/2019

Duke Ellington: With Johnny Hodges, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie

The first of these two albums pairs the essential Back to Back and Side By Side albums in well-remastered stereo,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2015

The Matthew Read Trio: Anecdotes Vol. 2

Winner of the Dankworth Prize for big-band composition and arranging in 2016, the young Winchesterborn Matthew Read's attractive round-toned bass...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Betty Blake: Sings in a Tender Mood: Complete Recordings 1957-61

A little known Cincinnati singer, whose 1961 bebop sessions featuring Marcus Belgrave are exceptional, though her ballads with Teddy Charles'...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon

Ahmad Jamal | Herlin Herlin | Manolo Badrena | Reginald Veal

Ahmad Jamal is a significant figure in the evolution of jazz, or American classical music as he prefers to call...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2012

Dena DeRose: We Won't Forget You…

In celebration of the late Shirley Horn, breezily mainstream vocalist Dena DeRose's trio is joined by a cast of straightahead...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Lee Konitz: Frescalalto

Kenny Barron | Kenny Washington | Lee Konitz | Peter Washington

Konitz, who will turn 90 next October, continues to plough a lonely furrow. Despite his occasional stylistic influence on such...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2017

Søren Lee: Diversity Trio: Live In Copenhagen

Linley Marthe | Niclas Campagnol | Søren Lee

This two-CD set takes-up where 2018’s Søren Lee Diversity Trio left off: consummate, articulate music making framing Lee’s classy improvisations....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2022

Mose Allison: The Complete Atlantic/Elektra Albums, 1962-1983

Mose Allison

This outstanding 6-CD set from Strawberry Records chronicles 20 years of NEA Jazz Master Mose Allison’s long and distinguished career,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2021