Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones: Misty

Misty brings together two superb Vaughan albums. The first, Vaughan and Violins, was recorded in Paris in 1958 with an...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2017

Freddie Hubbard: Four Classic Albums

For what originally started out as a small two-man operation, Blue Note discovered mainly relatively unknown talent and in many...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2020

Espoo Big Band: Espoo Suite

Marzi Nyman

In Finland, a country of five-and-a-half million people (comparable to the island of Ireland), Espoo is the second largest city...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2019

Sax Appeal: Funkerdeen

Bob McKay | Brandon Allen | Derek Nash | Gary Plumley | Mike Bradley | Pete Adams | Phil Scragg | Scott Garland | Simon Allen

Derek Nash has fingers in many pies. The hardworking producer, composer/arranger and multi-reedman fronts various groups and works with others,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2014

Immanuel Wilkins: The 7th Hand

Adrian Somerville Jr. | Agyei Keita Edwards | Daryl Johns | Elena Pinderhughes | Immanuel Wilkins | Jamal Dickerson | Kweku Sumbry | Micah Thomas | Yao Akoto

Following the buzz around his debut Omega released in 2020 on Blue Note, the 24-year-old Philadelphia born-and-raised alto saxophonist-composer Immanuel...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022

Chris Laurence: Ken Wheeler: Some Gnu Ones

Bill Hawkes | Chris Laurence | Frank Ricotti | Ian Burdge | Katie Wilkinson | Martin France | Nick Cooper | Rita Manning

And now for the good gnus! Here’s three songs specifically written for the deep toned double bass of Chris Laurence...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2022

New Regency Orchestra

Alexa Nava | Chris Williams | Eikel Venegas | Eliane Correa | Ernesto Marichales | Flavio Correa | Frank Portuondo | George Crowley | Jack Banjo Courtney | Joe Bristow

NRO is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big band with a vibe straight out of the Nuyorican barrios and a repertoire variously...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2024

Fred Hersch Trio: Ten Years/6 Discs

Eric McPherson | Fred Hersch | John Herbert

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Fred Hersch Trio, whose personnel has remained constant throughout, Palmetto have released in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Monocled Man: Bernabe Jurado

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

Trumpeter, composer and producer Rory Simmons' Monocled Man trio extends the resources of his thoughtfully long-spun, somewhat Kenny Wheeler-like trumpet...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2020

Wynton Kelly plus Don Sleet: Four Classic Albums

Coleman Hawkins | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Sleet | JC Heard | Jimmy Cobb | Jimmy Heath | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Paul Gonsalves | Philly Joe Jones

Of the post-bop pianists born in the decade after Bud Powell (Kenny Drew, Barry Harris, Sonny Clark et al), Kelly...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2023