John Crawford: Times And Tides

Duncan Lamont | Guille Hill | John Crawford | Leonora Claps | Linley Weir | Richard Sadler | Shanti Paul Jayasinha | Simon Pearson

Crawford recently played Ronnie Scott's as part of their International Piano Trio series and styles himself on his website as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2016

Hank Mobley: Three Classic Albums Plus

There's no better illustration of the mid-1950s explosion of 12-inch LP jazz recording than the output of Mobley and Byrd...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2019

Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous For Words: His 55 Finest

Benny Goodman | Bing Crosby | Bob Crosby | Connee Boswell | Dick Haymes | Dinah Shore | Frankie Laine | Glenn Miller | Helen Ward | Jack Teagarden

Among the composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook, not too many were as accomplished at singing their work...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2023

Alexander Hawkins/Elaine Mitchener Quartet: Uproot

Alexander Hawkins | Elaine Mitchener | Neil Charles | Stephen Davis

The Kings Place launch for this album is a frontrunner for notable 2018 gigs. A jointly led ensemble in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018

Jim Black Trio: The Constant

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

In the liner notes, the drummer Jim Black gives the simple yet indirect answer of ‘I like songs’ to the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

John Turville: Conception

Ben Reynolds | Chris Hill | Edward Vassallo | John Turville

The sophomore trio album from the London-based pianist-composer John Turville is the follow-up to his Parliamentary Award-winning Midas in 2010....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

New Simplicity Trio: Common Spaces

Antonio Fusco | Bruno Heinen | Henrik Jensen

Formed in 2014, the moniker New Simplicity Trio is inspired by the breed of late 1970s German contemporary music composers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Freedom Atlanta Pop Festival

Billy Cox | Jimi Hendrix | Mitch Mitchell

Atlanta may have a less iconic status than Woodstock and the Isle Of Wight in the canon of Mr Midnight...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Gerardo Núñez & Ulf Wakenius: Logos

Cancun | Carmen Cortés | Cepillo | Gerardo Núñez | Isabel Núñez | Ulf Wakenius

Back in 1992, the very first release from Siggi Loch's ACT label was Jazzpañ a, which brought the foremost practitioners...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2016

Eddie Palmieri: La Perfecta/El Molesto

This is the origin of a latin legend, with Palmieri’s first albums under his own name, his bright piano complementing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016