Modern Jazz Quartet: The Lost Tapes/Germany 1956-1958

Connie Kay | Harald Banter Ensemble | John Lewis | Kurt Edelhagen | Milt Jackson | Percy Heath

Though their popularity was truly international, John Lewis once informed me that from the very start the MJQ's most appreciative...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Jasper Høiby: Fellow Creatures

Corrie Dick | Jasper Høiby | Laura Jurd | Mark Lockheart | Will Barry

The sound of the trumpet/tenor front line comes with a certain amount of baggage since it virtually the defined sound...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2016

Serena Fisseau & Vincent Peirani: So Quiet

Indonesian-French singer Fisseau and accordionist/pianist Peirani offer up intimate interpretations of French Chanson, Indonesian, Brazilian and English-speaking popular song....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Carmen McRae: The Singles & Albums Collection 1946-58

Carmen McRae

This superb 4CD set from Acrobat Music chronicles the first decade and more of Carmen McRae's recording career, packing in...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2021

Grover Washington Jr: Strawberry Moon/Then And Now/Time Out Of Mind

Grover Washington Jr

Grover the Groove Meister had no problem gliding from his soul-jazz sound of the 1970s to the radio friendly smoothness...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012

Josh Berman and his Gang: There Now

Something Chicago musicians do best: a hybrid of ancient to the future by a band led by trumpeter Josh Berman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Cheikh Lô: Balbalou

Cheikh Lô | Fixi | Flavia Coehlo | Ibrahim Maalouf | Oumou Sangaré

A jewel–like recording from the singular Senegalese crooner, whose tremulous voice, both delicate and strong, weaves through 10 original tracks....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2015

Atsuko Hashimoto: …Until the Sun Comes Up

Japanese Hammond B-3 organist Hashimoto meets ex-Oscar Peterson drummer Jeff Hamilton and young guitarist Graham Dechter in a MOR straightahead...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011

Chet Baker: & Strings

Marty Paich's string arrangements aren't the greatest, but in 1953-4, backed by Russ Freeman, Chet was on the finest playing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2014

Various Artists: Siggi Loch – A Life in the Spirit of Jazz

Sidney Bechet

This two-CD set coincides with the publication of a book of the same name by Loch: a largely photographic autobiography...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020