The Basie-ites: How High The Moon

A Basie 10-piece with Barry Harris, and a sextet with Jimmy Jones on piano are on show here with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Lurlean Hunter: The Velvet Voice

The entire four-album output of this greatly underrated 1950s singer is collected here on 2CDs, accompanied by Quincy Jones, Ernie...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Third Ear Band: Alchemy: Remastered and Expanded Edition

Dave Tomlin | Glen Sweeny | John Peel | Mel Davis | Paul Minns | Richard Coff

As uncategorisable today as they were back in the high hippie summers of 1968 and 1969, Third Ear Band had...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: May/2019

Slowly Rolling Camera: Silver Shadow

Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Elliot Bennett | Jasper Høiby | Josh Arcoleo | Stuart McCallum | Verneri Pohjola | Victoria Stapleton

Setting up Edition Records in 2008 certainly made a dent in pianist/composer Dave Stapleton’s performing career. That ‘cottage industry’ label...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: September/2024

Seth McFarlane: Music Is Better Than Words

Alan Broadbent | Andy Martin | Chuck Berghofer | Chuck Findlay | Joel McNeely | Larry Koonse | Norah Jones | Pete Christlieb | Peter Erskine | Sara Bareilles

If you’re the producer of TV's Family Guy and now the director of a current feature film (Ted), presumably you...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Al Cohn/Richie Kamuca/Bill Perkins: The Brothers!

The shade of Lester Young hovers over this delightful three–tenor conversation from 1958 with a hard–swinging Hank Jones quartet in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Various Artists: Here It Is: A tribute to Leonard Cohen

Bill Frisell | Greg Leisz | Gregory Porter | Iggy Pop | Immanuel Wilkins | James Taylor | Kevin Hays | Larry Goldings | Lusiana Souza | Mavis Staples David Gray

Artists have been covering the songs of Leonard Cohen since at least 1969, when Roberta Flack included ‘Hey, That's No...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022

Jimmy Scott/Oscar Brown Jr: Five Classic Albums

Charles Mingus | Dave Bailey | Howard Biggs | Jimmy Scott | Mundell Lowe | Oscar Brown Jr

This latest release in Avid Jazz’s Five Classic Albums series is a superb 2-CD set featuring three albums by vocalist...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022

Matt Calvert: Million Seller

Dave Smith | Kadialy Kouyate | Mamadou Sarr | Matt Calvert | Matthew Bourne | Sam Wilson | Ståle Storløkken

Calvert takes his cues from Herbie Hancock’s 1971 classic Mwandishi. And if you thought Hancock’s ground-breaking use of electric keys...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Elio Villafranca: Caribbean Tinge Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Anthony Carrillo | Camilo Molina | Carlos Henriquez | Elio Villafranca | Greg August | Greg Tardy | Jonathan Troucoso | Juango Butierez | Lewis Nash | Nelson Mated

Another exceptional fusion of latin and jazz, this time from a different angle. Inspired by what legendary New Orleans pianist...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2014