Eric Alexander: Don't Follow The Crowd

Eric Alexander | Harold Mabern | Joe Farnsworth | Nat Reeves

It's good to hear Eric Alexander in a quartet setting, unimpeded as he too often is by other hornmen compatible...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2011

Alex Sipiagin: Moments Captured

Alex Sipiagin | Alina Engibaryan | Chris Potter | Eric Harland | John Escreet | Matt Brewer | Will Vinson

We really are being blessed with some marvellous music on record this year and here is another brilliant CD from...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2017

Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock: Whispering of the Stars

Brian Kellock | Tommy Smith

This is Smith and Kellock's third duo collaboration on record and perhaps more than its predecessors is revealing of an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Neil Ardley: A Symphony Of Amaranths

Alan Branscombe | Barbara Thompson | Chris Laurence | Dave Gelly | David Snell | Derek Wadsworth | Derek Watkins | Dick Hart | Dick Heckstall-Smith | Don Rendell

Sometimes a recording is special not for its content but for what it signifies. This welcome, long-awaited first CD release...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013

Helen Burnett: When First I Saw You There

Dan Faulkner | Freddie Gavita | Helen Burnett | Jo Caleb | Rob Mullarkey | Ross Stanley | Troy Miller

Featuring a mix of originals and standards, When First I Saw You There is the debut album from London-based jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2014

Ralph Alessi Quartet: Quiver

Drew Gress | Gary Versace | Nasheet Waits | Ralph Alessi

The Californian, New York-based ex-Steve Coleman trumpeter Ralph Alessi releases his second quartet recording for ECM with a telling change...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Album Interview: Dave Holland featuring Evan Parker, Craig Taborn and Ches Smith: Uncharted Territories

Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | Dave Holland | Evan Parker

Released on Holland's own label, Dare2 Records, Unchartered Territories, is the first album under his name to focus almost exclusively...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2018

Harold Land: Four Classic Albums

Avid's Classic Albums series has focused on several reed players whose work has come back into focus as a result,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Wynton Kelly Trio: Complete Vee Jay Studio Recordings

Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

References are often made to the characteristics of locations such as LA, Texas, Chicago or New Orleans when discussing the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra: Sweet Ruby Suite

Alec Trent | Andrew Miller | Austin Jones | Brad Eaton | Christopher Platt | Collins Saunders | Connor Newton | Conrad Gluch | Dave Liebman | Gordon Foote

The University of Toronto orchestra pays tribute here to one of Canada's most distinctive jazz exports, trumpeter-composer Kenny Wheeler, with...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2017