Julie London: The Julie London Collection 1955-62

A collection of all London's singles from the period (plus some album tracks) goes to show her consistency and taste...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Paul Booth: Patchwork Project (Vol.1)

Adriano Adewale | Alex Wilson | Andrew Bain | Davide Giovannini | Davide Mantovani | Edwin Sanz | Flaithri Neff | Giorgio Serci | Michael Janisch | Paul Booth

Booth broadens his musical palette with this exploration of various musics that his expansive career has introduced him to. He's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015

Bruno d'Ambra: Vesuviana

Under normal circumstances Bruno d'Ambra is a straight ahead pianist on the London circuit, but his piano trio here debuts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2021

Stephen Crump's Rhombal: Rhombal

Adam O’Farrill | Ellery Eskelin | Stephen Crump | Tyshawn Sorey

Sometimes discarding a harmonic instrument leads to self-indulgence, but on this bass-led quartet album, it has clearly concentrated the mind....

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2016

Humphrey Lyttelton: In Canada

Ed Bickert | Humphrey Lyttelton | Jim Galloway | Neil Swainson | Terry Clarke

Humph journeyed to Canada to appear at a local jazz festival in 1983 and Sackville's John Norris took the opportunity...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2015

Kjetil Mulelid: Piano

The 29-year-old Norwegian pianist Mulelid's solo debut invites inevitable comparisons with Keith Jarrett with its meditative qualities, rhapsodic classical roots,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2021

Jim Black: Malamute

Chris Tordini | Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Óskar Guðjónsson

Jim Black emerged in New York's downtown scene of the 1990s, playing alongside Dave Douglas and Tim Berne. He went...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2017

Eddie Harris: Live at Fabrik

Adam Nussbaum | Bob Berg | David Kikoski | Dieter Ilg | Jeff Andrews | Joey Baron | Joey Calderazzo | Michael Brecker | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker

Vocalist, multi- instrumentalist, inventor, and creative box of tricks Eddie Harris left a legacy of new instruments, great tunes and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022

Corey Christiansen: Lone Prairie

Corey Christiansen | Jeremy Allen | Matt Jorgensen | Michael Spiro | Steve Allee | Zach Lapidus

Christiansen is a worthy and technically excellent guitarist of the type who tours rarely but does a lot of teaching....

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2013

Matt Ulery: By a Little Light

A two-disc set by a Chicago-based chamber septet composer-bassist with some traits of the release label's owner Dave Douglas' work,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012