Artie Shaw: The last recordings, vol 3

Four years off from Shaw's actual last discs (made in 1953) these late 40s sessions with various groups and the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2010

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring: Friendly Fire

Carl Allen | Eric Alexander | Herring | John Webber | Mike Le Donne

If you're into hard-swinging ‘live’ jazz performed by master musicians, rooted in the tradition but modern-minded, in front of an...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2012

Dave Brubeck: Time Further Out

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Benjamin | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Time Further Out was Dave Brubeck's follow-up to his hugely successful Time Out, which explored varied time signatures and which...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015

Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia

Adam Waldmann | Dave Smith | Jasper Høiby | Sam Crowe | Will Davies

Here's proof that the newest wave of UK jazz musicians don't need to play music that kicks arse in order...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Jimmy Heath Sextet: The Thumper/The Quota

Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath | Cedar Walton | Curtis Fuller | Freddie Hubbard | Jimmy Heath | Julius Watkins | Nat Adderley | Paul Chambers | Percy Heath | Wynton Kelly

The middle Heath brother has been on the scene since the late-1940s, starting out with trumpeter Howard McGhee (their group...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2012

Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits Live from the Lobero

Booker T Jones | Charles Lloyd | Don Was | Eric Harland | Gerald Clayton | Julian Lage | Reuben Rogers

Charles Lloyd has been an unacknowledged genius working in plain sight for far too long. Ever since his remarkable series...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live in London 1966

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Dave Brubeck has always been somewhat misunderstood by the critics, the late Benny Green a dedicated opponent of Brubeck's brand...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2012

Barney Kessel: The Barney Kessel Story: Honey Rock 1954-1962

Al Hendrickson | Arnold Ross | Art Pepper | Barney Kessel | Bill Perkins | Bob Cooper | Bud Shank | Buddy Collette | Claude Williamson | Georgie Auld

Here’s a good-value double-disc compendium of Barney Kessel performances largely culled from the albums issued under his name from 1954–62...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2023

John Patitucci: Spirit Fall

Brian Blade | Chris Potter | John Patitucci

Being his first album as leader since 2019’s mainly solo Soul of the Bass, the esteemed heavyweight veteran bassist John...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2025

Stanton Davis's Ghetto Mysticism: Brighter Days

This has long been an obscure rarity – from the days when Davis was living in Boston, prior to his...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013