Frankie Newton: The Connoisseur’s Frankie Newton, 1937-1939

Al Casey | Albert Ammons | Big Sid Catlett | Cecil Scott | Clarence Palmer | Cozy Cole | Don Frye | Eddie Dougherty | Edmond Hall | Frank Rice

Armstrong-tinged trumpeter Newton (1906-1954) may be largely forgotten now, but in his day he stood out as an intriguing, often...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022

Hedvig Mollestad: Ekidna

Erlend Slettevoll | Hedvig Mollestad | Marte Eberson | Ole Mofiell | Susana Santos Silva | Torstein Lofhus

Mollestad loves a legend, and Ekidna conjures the spirit not of the cute spiny anteater, but of the mythic mater,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2020

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: Passages

A 43-year-old orchestra led by director and founder Mike Harvey dedicate their otherworldly ‘Spaceways’ to Sun Ra, a major influential...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Graeme Wilson Quartet: Sure Will Hold a Boat

Saxophonist-composer Graeme Wilson's Northern-based post-bop jazz quartet features a few of the most impressive young jazzers in the region in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Miho Hazama and the Danish Radio Big Band: Imaginary Visions

| Miho Hamza

Miho Hazama, born in Japan, works between New York City, where she now lives, and Europe where she is chief...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Eskelin, Weber & Griener: Sensations Of Tone

Christian Weber | Ellery Eskelin | Michael Griener

The concept looks inviting enough on paper. Re-imaginings of compositions by Jelly Roll Morton, Bennie Moten, Fats Waller and the...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017

Bill Evans: Three Classic Albums Plus

Avid has gradually created a worthwhile if inconsistent stable of public-domain reissues, but I feel the stable door should have...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2019

Brad Mehldau: Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles

Brad Mehldau

Twenty-first century jazz piano icon Brad Mehldau has been investigating the best ways to interpret his own selection of cults...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2023

Andrew Hill: Point of Departure

Andrew Hill | Anthony Williams | Eric Dolphy | Joe Henderson | Kenny Dorham | Richard Davis

Andrew Hill’s reputation in jazz is based on the solid foundations of 12 Blue Note albums he made between 1963...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019

Deborah Pearl: Souvenir Of You

An album of Benny Carter tunes with new lyrics by this vocalese singer, a friend of the late saxophonist’s wife,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2011