Wendy Kirkland.//Quartet: Piano Divas

A British singer with an easy-going Anglicised vocal take on material that refreshingly avoids jazz barroom stylisation, in a tribute...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Eliane Correa & En El Aire Project: Rumba con Flores

Binisa Bonner | Eliane Correa | Ernesto Simpson | Frank Portuondo | Gerardo de Armas | Graeme Flowers | Greg Sanders | Hammadi Rencurrell | Jimmy Martinez | Jorge Ivan Martin

An ambitious project, this one: an album recorded in Havana and London with a sprawling, cream-of-the-crop collective. A cross-cultural creation...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2015

Kate Williams Septet: Made Up

Ben Somers | Gareth Lochrane | Jermey Brown | Julian Siegel | Kate Williams | Oli Hayhurst | Steve Fishwick | Tristan Mailliot

This is the fourth album from Kate Williams, daughter of a classical-pianist mother and guitar-virtuoso father (John Williams), and her...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Jim Black Trio: Somatic

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

One of the most imaginative drummers in New York, Seattle’s Jim Black has worked with Tim Berne and Dave Douglas...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2012

Jim Black Trio: The Constant

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

In the liner notes, the drummer Jim Black gives the simple yet indirect answer of ‘I like songs’ to the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Danish Radio Big Band: A Good Time Was Had By All

Art Farmer | Ben Webster | Bob Brookmeyer | Danish Radio Big Band | Django Bates | Eliane Elias | Georgie Fame | Jim McNeely | Martial Solal | Palle Mikkelborg

Years back I remember seeing the DRBB at Ronnie's, with Jim McNeely in charge. The playing was mightily impressive then...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015

Jim Black Trio: Reckon

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

The innovative Seattle-raised drummer/composer Jim Black's work over three decades – from his own adventurous projects to collaborations with luminaries...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020

StepsAhead: Steps Ahead

Eddie Gomez | Eliane Elias | Michael Brecker | Mike Mainieri | Peter Erskine

Steps Ahead was the first US release by the group Steps Ahead – having previously recorded three albums for the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019

Marc Johnson: Overpass

Marc Johnson

Over a period of nearly half a century, Johnson has been a high-level player including as a creative bandleader with...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2021

Wilma Baan: So Nice

Wilma Baan

Heartfelt, touching and intimate – there's so much to enjoy in this captivating debut album from vocalist Wilma Baan. Born...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021