Mark Murphy: The Complete Decca Recordings

Mark Murphy | Ralph Burns

This brilliant Mark Murphy twofer couples Meet Mark Murphy and Let Yourself Go and marks the very beginning of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Ray Mantilla: High Voltage

This veteran of the 1950s New York mambo era is still going strong and here his septet drop some irresistible...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Amina Figarova Sextet: Twelve

A journeying Azerbaijani pianist who recently moved from Holland to New York and here alongside her excellent flautist partner Bart...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Dakota Staton: Complete Early Years 1955-58

Again, frustratingly this largely duplicates Avid's cheaper and equally recent Five Classic Albums, save for the contents of the In...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Wendy Kirkland.//Quartet: Piano Divas

A British singer with an easy-going Anglicised vocal take on material that refreshingly avoids jazz barroom stylisation, in a tribute...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Quinsin Nachoff: Pivotal Arc

For this Canadian saxophonistcomposer's second Whirlwind release he presents a convincing if tough-going contemporary classical violin concerto (for virtuoso Nathalie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Péter Rozsnyói Trio: Pain of an Angel

The Budapest Music Center which has a pivotal role in promoting quality new Hungarian jazz, releases an easy going swingin’...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Dave Mooney and the Hope of Home Band: Live at National Sawdust

Recorded Live in Brooklyn, guitarist Dave Mooney keeps good company with a contemporary quintet featuring drummer Brian Blade, but throughout...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Album Interview: Theon Cross: Fyah

Artie Zaitz | Moses Boyd | Nathaniel Cross | Nubya Garcia | Theon Cross | Tim Doyle | Wayne Francis

Having built momentum with EPs, gigs and a gathering media storm, many of London’s new jazz generation are finally making...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2019

Harald Lassen: Balans

Bram de Looze | Harald Lassen | Sander Eriksen Nordahl | Solveig Wang | Stian Andersen | Tore Flatjord

Lassen has been around on the Norwegian scene for a while now, but this well-constructed album of contemplative moods is...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023