Shirley Horn: Live At The 4 Queens

Charles Ables | Shirley Horn | Steve Williams

Like Resonance's recent Sarah Vaughan release, this originates from America's National Public Radio, which used to broadcast rather more jazz...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Martin Speake: Always a First Time

Jeff Williams | Martin Speake | Mike Outram

This double CD wasn’t recorded ‘live’ – that is, it’s not the result of three musicians performing on a stage...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2013

Dizzy Gillespie/Hans Koller: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet & Hans Koller New Jazz Stars

Al Jones | Albert Mangelsdorff | Bill Graham | Dizzy Gillespie | Hans Koller | Jutta Hipp | Karl Sanner | Lou Hackney | Shorty Roeder | Wade Legge

Launching the NDR 60 Years Jazz archive project, this is the earliest surviving broadcast produced by the legendary Hans Gertberg,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2013

Robin Phillips: Sing. Play…For Pleasure

Phillips is a specialist in vocalese, his playful, conversational approach working a treat on lyrics by Jon Hendricks, King Pleasure,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Oded Tzur: Here Be Dragons

Johnathan Blake | Nitai Hershkovits | Oded Tzur | Petros Klampanis

Producer Manfred Eicher has produced many albums for his ECM label that are now regarded as jazz classics over the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2020

Grant Green & Ike Quebec: Complete Instrumental Sessions

Al Harewood | Billy Higgins | Carlos ‘Patato’ Valdez | Dodi Greene | Grant Green | Ike Quebec | Louis Hayes | Milt Hinton | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones

Originally introduced to Blue Note founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff as a talent scout, assistant producer, studio manager and...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2014

Thelonious Monk: Live In Paris

André ‘Déde’ Ceccarelli | Enrico Pieranunzi | Hein Van De Geyn

Unlike other volumes in this series deriving from Europe No.1 broadcasts, most of this has been around since the days...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2020

Various Artists: Spiritual Jazz 7 Islam 1957-1989

Ahmed Abdul Malik | Creative Arts Ensemble | Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim | Kahil El ‘Zabar's Ritual Trio | Maurice McIntyre | Sabu Martinez | Sahib Shihab

The embrace of Islam by black American jazz musicians was mostly prevalent in the 1960s, and the adoption of Muslim...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2017

Ola Kvernberg: Steamdome

With three drummers on board, this Norwegian fiddle specialist's new CD doesn't always go for the jugular, evoking Morricone's ominous...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Ronnie Cuber: Ronnie's Trio

Adam Nussbaum | Jay Anderson | Ronnie Cuber

The gruff, gritty and warmhearted sound of Ronnie Cuber's baritone sax has been beefing up brass sections for over half...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2018