Junior Mance: The Junior Mance Trio

Ben Riley | Ben Tucker | Bobby Thomas | Jimmy Rowser | Junior Mance | Larry Gales | Paul Gusman

A largely forgotten development of the late-1950s and early-60s was the use of the conventional piano trio in a distinctly...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2012

Chico Freeman/Heiri Kanzig: The Arrival

Chico Freeman | Heiri Kanzig

A very welcome return for the Chicagoan multi-reed player who was one of the key figures on Elektra Musician, a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2015

Ravi Shankar: Nine Decades: Vol. II Reminiscence of North Vista

Alla Rakha | Ravi Shankar

The California of the mid-to late-1960s was very good to many representatives of the South Asian subcontinent's two classical music...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: February/2012

John Lewis: Before The MJQ: Early Years 1946-52

Chano Pozo | Charlie Parker | Curley Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Illinois Jacquet | JJ Johnson | Jo Jones | John Lewis | Kai Winding | Kenny Clarke

The figure of John Lewis is so wedded to the Modern Jazz Quartet that it’s an interesting project to group...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022

Warren Wolf: Wolfgang

Aaron Diehl | Aaron Goldberg | Benny Green | Billy Williams Jr. | Christian McBride | Daryl Tookes | Kris Funn | Lewis Nash | Warren Wolf

Warren Wolf is certainly the best new vibes player to emerge in recent years and this, his second outing for...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2013

Ivo Neame: Yatra

Dave Hamblett | Ivo Neame | Jason Yarde | Jasper Hoiby | Jim Hart | Jon Shenoy | Shabaka Hutchings | Tori Freestone

Recorded in Neasden rather than in an ashram, with the roar of the North Circular road only a sharp intake...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012

Lew Tabackin Trio: Soundscapes

Saxophonist/flutist Lew Tabackin says he was encouraged to record this set by jazz photographer Jimmy Katz: sessions went ahead at...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018

Eric Gale: The Definitive Collection

Carlos Santana | Carmine Appice | Freddie Hubbard | George Duke | Howard Hewitt | Jeff Beck | Louis Johnson | Ray Gomez | Robert Brookins | Simon Phillips

Definitive is a tricky term, especially with as diverse an artist as Gale who recorded primarily as a ‘sideman’. Let's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2018

Jimmy Heath: Picture of Heath

Barry Harris | Billy Higgins | Jimmy Heath | Sam Jones

It only takes a couple of choruses of ‘For Minor's Only’ to realise that this is going to be a...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2015

Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group: Signing

Geoffrey Keezer | Joe Locke | Mike Pope | Terreon Gully

Like most leading instrumentalists Joe Locke has a bundle of projects on the go. Recent efforts include the chamber-jazz Storms/Nocturnes...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2012