Alan Broadbent Trio: Live At Giannelli Square Vol.2

Alan Broadbent | Kennedy Kay | Putter Smith

Best known perhaps as the pianist of Charlie Haden's Quartet West, Broadbent emerged from New Zealand to study at Berklee...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012

Miroslav Vitous: Purple

Billy Cobham | Joe Zawinul | John McLaughlin | Miroslav Vitous

There are many reasons why albums slip through the cracks. This one was only ever released in Japan and never...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2017

Jen Kearney: To The Moon

This singer-songwriter and her backing band has a retro 1970s jazzy R&B vibe, and is on similar ground musically to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Amir ElSaffar: The Other Shore

Amir ElSaffar | Amir Elsaffar | Carlo De Rosa | Dena ElSaffar | Fabrizo Cassol | George Ziadeh | Jason Adasiewicz | JD Parran | John Escreet | Miles Okazaki

Encounters of African-American and Middle Eastern music have deep historical roots, as the work of anybody from Yusef Lateef and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2021

Gerry Mulligan/Art Farmer: Gerry Mulligan & Art Farmer

Art Farmer | Art Pepper | Bill Crow | Bob Enevoldsen | Buddy Clark | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Russ Freeman

This Gerry Mulligan Quartet was a very different beast to its earlier, and more celebrated, Chet Baker-featured incarnation. For one...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2020

John Coltrane: Out Of This World

Alec Dankworth | David Horler | John Horler | Julie Dunn | Tony Coe | Winston Clifford

The follow-up to Proper's previous Early Trane box, this compilation chosen and annotated by Simon Spillett covers a crucial twoyear...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2014

John Coltrane: Coltrane Time

Art Taylor | Cecil Taylor | Chuck Israels | Donald Byrd | Earl May | John Coltrane | Kenny Dorham | Louis Hayes | Paul Chambers | Red Garland

Recorded on 13 October 1958, Coltrane Time album originally appeared on the United Artists label as Stereo Drive under Cecil...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014

New Faces: New Sounds

Young Generation jazz with old generation vibes; a New York sextet formed as a showcase for young talent with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2021

Oscar Peterson: On The Town

Astonishing playing on this album first issued on Verve and recorded in Toronto with Ellis and Brown, but made well...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2013

Jacques Loussier Trio: Plays Bach/Beyond Bach, Other Composers I Adore

Jacques Loussier had a different idea about ‘standards’ to other jazz musicians in the late 1950s. Celebrating his 80th birthday...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014