Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow with Fathieh Honari: The Marrow With Fathieh Honari
Fathieh Honari | Gordon Grdina | Hamin Honari | Hank Roberts | Mark Helias
Although the oud is one of the emblematic instruments of the Middle East, it has been deployed to good effect...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024
Dizzy Reece: The Complete Recordings 1954-62
Musicians such as Joe Harriott, Harold McNair, Bogey Gaynair and, in this instance, Dizzy Reece injected the local scene with...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013
Frankie Newton: The Connoisseur’s Frankie Newton, 1937-1939
Armstrong-tinged trumpeter Newton (1906-1954) may be largely forgotten now, but in his day he stood out as an intriguing, often...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022
The New Gary Burton Quartet: Guided Tour
Antonio Sánchez | Gary Burton | Julian Lage | Scott Colley
There are vibes players, and then there is Gary Burton, a class of one. By some margin the most accomplished...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2013
Ese & The Vooduu People: Is This Jazz?
So, is it jazz? Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ is on Is This Jazz?, and George Benson’s ‘On Broadway’ too. But never have...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2025
Kristian Borring: Silent Storm
Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Mick Coady
This is the third album from Denmark-born guitarist Kristian Borring and his quartet, but the first where they've gone it...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2016
Larry Vuckovich: Somethin' Special
Chuck McPherson | Larry Vuckovich | Noel Jewkes | Paul Keller | Scott Hamilton
The Montenegrin-born pianist Vuckovich (now a US citizen) has been a luminary of the San Francisco scene since the 1990s,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2012
Stuart McCallum: Distilled
Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs | Þorgrímur Jónsson
Mancunian guitarist Stuart McCallum’s third solo album finds him building on and expanding the aesthetic he’s helped to develop as...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Pure Desmond: Pure Desmond Play James Bond Songs
Christian Flohr | Johann Weiss | Lorenz Hargassner | Sebastian Deufel
Like all of you, I like to think I take my jazz seriously. But you know what? Sometimes I just...
Reviewed by Nina Fortune in issue: April/2023
Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: RoundAgain
Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman
What could be the first supergroup of the post-pandemic era is actually the reincarnation of Joshua Redman's original mid-1990s quartet....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020
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