Walt Weiskopf: Fountain Of Youth

Behn Gilece | Mike Karn | Peter Zak | Steve Fidyk | Walt Weiskopf

Saxophonists who have connections with the jazz-rock band Steely Dan make an impressive list: Michael Brecker, Phil Woods, Tom Scott,...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: August/2017

Simon Nabatov: Spinning Songs of Herbie Nichols

Virtuoso classical-rooted Russian pianist in typically garrulous mood paying tribute to a more subtly innovative pianist in a solo CD...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

João Gilberto: The Complete 1958-61 Recordings

The three albums (originally on Atlantic and Capitol) that launched bossa nova, nicely repackaged and offering a perfect counterpart to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2013

Gene Russell: New Direction

Gene Russell

Pianist Russell's place in history reaches beyond his musical ability. He was the co-founder of Black Jazz records, one of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

Ella Fitzgerald: Rhythm Is Our Business

Ella's 1951-52 collaborations with organist/arranger Bill Doggett were rather hit and miss – not so this fabulous 1962 Verve session...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2015

Jim Holman: Explosion!

This pianist's grounding in Chicago's gritty blues and swing scene makes this a fiery straightahead date, as do guest spots...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Joe McPhee & Raymond Boni: Live From The Magic City

Joe McPhee | Raymond Boni

Recorded six years apart, here's Joe McPhee in two radically different performance situations. With French saxophonist André Jaume he reinvents...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2017

Tammy Payne: Viva Outsider

Having made an album of covers on Edition Records in 2010, vocalist Tammy Payne turns to her own sixties-inspired acoustic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

Misha Tsiganov: Spring Feelings

Alex Sipiagin | Donald Edwards | Hans Glawschnig | Misha Tsiganov | Seamus Blake

Crisp cymbals, creamy mid-tempos and tight and tricky arrangements make this CD several cuts above the average post-Messengers modern jazz...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2016

Malene Mortensen: Can't Help It

This MOR jazz-pop-soul Danish singer leads a quartet playing a set, half of which are originals, and half standards from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015