Getz/Gilberto: ‘76

Stan Getz

There seems no end to the posthumous treasures emerging from San Francisco's long-deceased Keystone Korner. This booking was to celebrate...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016

Stan Getz: Moments In Time

There seems no end to the posthumous treasures emerging from San Francisco's long-deceased Keystone Korner. This booking was to celebrate...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2016

Joe Magnarelli: Magic Trick

Andy Fusco | Ben Wolfe | Byron Landon | Joe Magnarelli | John Hart

I was less than enthusiastic about trumpeter Magnarelli in a recent review. Happily, it's possible to be rather more appreciative...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2018

Carl Winther & Jerry Bergonzi: Inner Journey

Anders Mogensen | Carl Winther | Jerry Bergonzi | Johnny Äman

Jerry Bergonzi first recorded with Danish pianist Carl Winther and his rhythm section in 2011. Since then, they have recorded...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2017

Liane Carroll: Up and Down

James McMillan | Liane Carroll | Mark Fletcher | Roger Carey

Recorded over nine months in the UK, mainland Europe and the US, this sumptuous set of interpretative treasures is one...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011

Joel Harrison 5: Spirit House

Brian Blade | Cuong Vu | Joel Harrison | Kermit Driscoll | Paul Hanson

Despite 2014’s Mother Stump yielding decidedly mixed results, its inspired arrangement of Paul Motian's ‘Folk Song For Rosie’ showed off...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2015

Nick Finzer: Dreams, Visions, Illusions

Alex Wintz | Dave Baron | Glenn Zalenski | Jimmy Macbride | Lucas Pino | Nick Finzer

The latest album from trombonist Nick Finzer's established sextet explores the role of the muse through a set of workman-like...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2023

Frank Morgan Allstars: Reflections

Alex Sipiagin | Conrad Herwig | David Kikoski | Igor Butman | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Kenny Davis

The mercurial Morgan, out of jail in 1988, goes head to head with Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016

Cecilia Smith: The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project Volume 1

Carla Cook | Carlton Holmes | Cecil Bridgewater | Cecilia Smith | Kenny Davis | Lafayette Harris Jr | Ron Savage

This fabulous album from vibist, composer, arranger and Artistic Director of the Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Cecilia Smith, is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2023

Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday

David Wang | Kenny Washington | Pasquale Grosso | Samara Joy | Sullivan Fortner | the McLendon Family

Surely one of the most gifted – and, as time may yet reveal – important jazz vocalists of our century,...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2023/2024