Bob Mintzer: All L.A. Band

Aaron Serfaty | Adam Schroeder | Bob Mintzer | Bob Sheppard | Edwin Livingston | Larry Koonse | Peter Erskine | Russell Ferrante

Mintzer may be Mr Yellowjacket these days, but big bands are in his DNA, as they are in that of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016

Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca: At Home Live in Marciac

Drissa Sibide | Fatoumata Diawara | Joel Hierrezuelo | Ramses Rodriguez | Roberto Fonseca | Sekou Bah | Yandy Martinez

Cuba and West Africa have long had musical links so it's no wonder, really, that renowned Havana-based pianist Roberto Fonseca...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2015

Paul Combs: Unknown Dameron

Alex Aspinall | Alex Frank | Bill Cunliffe | Danielle Werts | Derek Cannon | Jeff Denson | Kamau Kenyatta | Ken Cook | Melonie Grinnel | Paul Combs

This is a record that invites two different approaches to reviewing. Firstly, it presents a dozen unknown, or relatively obscure,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2019

Mimi Jones: Balance

A mix of songs and post-bop originals from an African-American female vocalist-bassist draws inevitable comparisons with Esperanza Spalding, even though...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Evan Parker Quartet: All Knavery and Collusion

Alexander Hawkins | Evan Parker | John Edwards | Paul Lytton

This particular quartet was convened by Parker for just a couple of live gigs prior to recording, and there's an...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021

The John Aram Quintet with Kenny Wheeler: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Suite

Andy Scherrer | Colin Vallon | Dave Whitford | John Aram | Kenny Wheeler | Norbert Pfammatter

This stunning production – in terms of packaging, production, an audiophile pressing on 180 gram vinyl and well conceived and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015

Chico O'Farrill: Complete Norman Granz Recordings

A first rate collection of the Afro-Cuban material that O'Farrill pioneered, played by New York's finest in the early 1950s,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Simcock & Goloubev: Duo Art: Reverie at Schloss Elmau

Gwilym Simcock | Yuri Goloubev

Following his Mercury-nominated solo CD Good Days at Schloss Elmau recorded for Munich's ACT label in 2012, the acclaimed English...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Sahib Shihab, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan: Swiss Radio Days Jazz Live Trio Concert Series

Alex Bally | Art Farmer | Clifford Jordan | Klaus Koenig | Peter Frei | Peter Schmidlin | Sahib Shihab

Volume 32 in this series coughs up two tracks apiece from Shihab and Farmer plus three from Jordan, all backed...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013

Coleman Hawkins & Ray Bryant: Complete Recordings

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Paul Chambers | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Flanagan

In the constant pursuit of the new, it’s easy to forget/ignore yesterday – in this instance the great Coleman Hawkins....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2018