Barney Kessel: To Swing or Not to Swing

Al Hendrickson | Bill Perkins | Claude Williamson | Georgie Auld | Hampton Hawes | Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison | Irv Cottler | Jimmy Rowles | Kessel | Leroy Vinnegar

His nimble solos sound a little lightweight now, but in the early-1950s, with Kenny Burrell yet to reignite with Jimmy...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2012

Matthew Stevens/Walter Smith III: In Common II

Linda May Han Oh | Matthew Stevens | Micah Thomas | Nate Smith | Walter Smith III

Someone found an amusing way of getting round a change in rhythm section for the band pic on the sleeve...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

Knut Rössler and Johannes Vogt: Octagon: Between the Times

Günter Lenz | Johannes Vogt | Knut Rössler | Ute Kreidler | Werner Goos

No one could accuse ACT boss Siggi Loch of going for the easy sell. Knut Rössler and Johannes Vogt's previous...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2010

Alonzo Demetrius: Live From The Prison Nation

Alonzo Demetrius | Benjamin Jephta | Brian Richburg Jnr | Daniel Abraham Jnr | Yesseh Furaha-Ali

Although recorded in concert at Berklee, the primary statement from newcomer Alonzo Demetris is that this beacon of musical education...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2021

Chick Corea: Trilogy

Chick Corea has been a part of the jazz furniture since the 1960s and it is perhaps tempting to take...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2017

Terje Rypdal: Bleak House

Christian Reim | Jan Garbarek | Jon Christensen | Terje Rypdal | Terje Venaas | Tom Karlsen

Ah, to be 21, your Strat strapped on and a horn-laden band to big you up: and not to mention...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018

Andreas Varady

Andreas Varady | Brian Bromberg | Dave Weckl | Greg Phillinganes | Gregory Porter | Harvey Mason | Paulinho da Costa | Paulinho Da Costa | Roy Hargrove

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

Da Lata: Fabiola

Carl Smith | Davide Giovanni | Dennis Rollins | Diabel Cissokoho | Ernie McKone | Fabricio FBC | Finn Peters | Franck | Jandira Silva | Jason Yarde

The British outfit that brought a vibrant, contemporary slant to Brazilian music throughout the 1990s return with an album that...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow with Fathieh Honari: The Marrow With Fathieh Honari

Fathieh Honari | Gordon Grdina | Hamin Honari | Hank Roberts | Mark Helias

Although the oud is one of the emblematic instruments of the Middle East, it has been deployed to good effect...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024

Joel Harrison 7: Search

Christian Howes | Clarence Penn | Dana Leong | Donny McCaslin | Gary Versace | Joel Harrison | Stephan Crump

The Washington DC guitarist-composer Joel Harrison (and sometime rugged country-blues singer, though not here) has been cooking up his own...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012