Al Smith/Mildred Anderson with Eddie Lockjaw Davis: Hear my Blues/Person to Person

The Lockjaw Davis band with organist Shirley Scott is the ideal backing for these two blues-orientated singers on two classic...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

Dark Star Safari

A new Norwegian band featuring cult locals Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang, the latter's vocal setting up a mid-career Scott...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Thomas Maintz: Present

An understated Danish guitarist who uses a acoustic baritone to obtain some dark nuances with a top US rhythm section...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Bill Evans: Master Pianist

Bringing together the two albums Evans made after Scott LaFaro’s death, Moon Beams and How My Heart Sings!, this issue...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Sidney Bechet: In Switzerland

‘Moustache’ Galépidès | Albert Nicholas | Alf Masselier | André Réwéliotty | Bernard Zacharias | Charles Lewis | Christian Azzi | Christian Viénot | Claude Aubert | Claude Jones

For many years after his death Sidney Bechet continued to be regarded as a demi-god in the French-speaking world. This...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2015

Daniel Rotem: Wise One: Celebrating The Music Of John Coltrane

Billy Childs | Christian Euman | Daniel Rotem | Darek Oles

A youngish, Israeli-born saxist/educator based in Los Angeles, Rotem has already made several of his own albums, and co-led a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022

Ivo Neame: Glimpses Of Truth

Gareth Lockrane | George Crowley | Gilad Hekselman | Ingrid Jensen | Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Jason Yarde | Jim Hart | Jon Scott | Nathaniel Facey

During the 2015 EFG London Jazz Festival, supertrio Phronesis teamed up with the formidable Frankfurt Radio Big Band to play...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022

Billie Holiday: Lady Sings The Blues

One of Lady Day's finest sessions with Charlie Shavers and Tony Scott (who once told me he'd co-written the title-track...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Mike Moreno: 3 For 3

This engaging US guitarist favours crunchy chords and an earthy sonic, and here performs jazz classics and more unfamiliar tracks...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Ornette Coleman: The Atlantic Years

Billy Higgins | Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Eric Dolphy | Freddie Hubbard | Jimmy Garrison | Ornette Coleman | Scott LaFaro

Although Beauty Is a Rare Thing, a ‘complete’ Coleman Atlantic 6CD package, came out in 1993 to considerable acclaim (it...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018