Jack Wilkins: Windows

Guitar trios need some element of excitement or originality to sustain interest over a full album and the paltry 35...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2018

Chicago Yestet: Not There Yet

Led by trombonist Joel Adams, this easy-going 13-piece combines hip-hop, neo-soul and brass-led fusion with groove-jazz soloing but it leans...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Stanley Cowell: It's Time

This acoustic piano trio recording is evidence this cosmic-jazz veteran, with his intoxicating modal-infused sound and notable writing skills, is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Ari Ambrose: Retrospect

The chirpy, luxurious-toned tenor saxophonist goes back to Coleman Hawkins as well as forward to Joe Lovano for inspiration and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Andreas Loven: District Six

This Norwegian-born pianist has extensive experience playing music in South Africa, and the easy-going roots-y ambience he creates with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Maynard Ferguson: Memories of Maynard: The Best of the Columbia Years

This is the Maynard of the lavish studio production years, in between his – perhaps more long-lasting – triumphs by...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018

Jane Ira Bloom: Early Americans

This is the specialist soprano saxophonist-composer's very first trio album – a classical-folk influenced jazz improv set – out of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Allman Brothers Band: Brothers and Sisters 4CD Deluxe Collection

Superbly expanded set with two 1973 live CDs and a disc of outtakes and jams, the addition of pianist Chuck...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Tina Brooks: The Waiting Game

Johnny Coles | Kenny Drew | Philly Joe Jones | Tina Brooks | Wilbur Ware

Quite why Alfred Lion chose to hold back three out of four albums he recorded with tenor saxophonist Harold Floyd...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2021

Falkner Evans: Through the Lens

Falkner Evans

"When Linda was still here, I would be playing in the living room and she would ask, 'What is that?’,"...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2023