Ran Blake: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note

An original – occasionally eccentric – pianist, Blake is a supreme miniaturist, at his best here in duos with Jaki...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Hoagy Carmichael: Hoagy sings Carmichael

Not the 1920s discs with Bix, but an all star 1950s band directed by Johnny Mandel with Sweets Edison and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2012

Adrian Younge: The American Negro

Adrian Younge | Chester Gregory | Jasmin Hicks | Linear Labs Orchestra | Loren Oden | Sam Dew | Sam Harmonix

Ambitious in reach, unapologetic in stance, insightful and deeply nuanced, The American Negro is a critique detailing the systematic racism...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2021

Miguel Zenón: Identities Are Changeable

Alan Ferber | Alex Norris | Chris Cheek | Hans Glawischnig | Henry Cole | John Ellis | Johnathan Powell | Luis Perdomo | Mat Jodrel | Michael Rodriguez

Very few jazz musicians have gained more respect on cultural levels in recent years than the superb saxophonist Miguel Zenón....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2014

Quinsin Nachoff's Flux: Path of Totality

Alan Ferber | Carl Maraghi | Dan Urness | David Binney | David Travers-Smith | Jason Barnsley | Kenny Wollesen | Mark Duggan | Matt Holman | Matt Mitchell

The New York-based, Canadian saxophonist-composer Quinsin Nachoff’s second album for his quartet Flux has its roots in a progressive jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Flavio Boltro 5tet: Boltro

Alex Ligertwood | Andre Ceccarelli | Darryl Hall | Flavio Boltro | Pietro Lussu | Rosario Giuliani

Neo-bop is alive and kicking in Italy. That's the message of a sparkling quintet co-starring trumpeter Boltro and the estimable...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2012

Out of Necessity…: Andy Champion & Graeme Wilson: Shoes For Losers

Andy Champion | Graeme Wilson

The fourth edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music was set to run in October 2020 until...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021

Album Interview: Dan Berglund's Tonbruket: Nubium Swimtrip

Andreas Weliin | Dan Berglund | Johan Lindström | Martin Hederos

For their third album on the award-winning ACT label, Tonbruket, the Swedish collective formed by ex-EST bassist Dan Berglund, take...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Oscar Peterson: Complete Jerome Kern Songbook

Both the classic OP trios, with Ellis/Brown and Thigpen/Brown are featured here, with a compilation of two Verve/Norgran albums into...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Dizzy Gillespie: The New Continent

Lalo Schifrin’s suite for Dizzy’s big band gets a welcome re-release plus a spectacular bonus of the Museum of Modern...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014