Roseanna Vitro: Listen Here

Arnett Cobb | Ben Riley | Buster Williams | Kenny Barron | Roseanna Vitro

Recorded in 1982 and originally released in October 1984, this reissue of Roseanna Vitro's fine debut album finds a singer...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2021

The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra: The Saga Of Padani

Chabot School Musicians | Montclair School Musicians | Thornhill School Musicians

Opening with the sound of a school bell, this collection of avant-jazz compositions performed by students from three different school...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2018

Jeff Coffin: Only the Horizon

Alana Rocklin | Béla Fleck | Bill Evans | Cory Wong | Daru Jones | Ibrou Dioubate | Jay Whyte | Jeff Coffin | Jon Cowherd | Keb Mo’

Coffin's best known for his association with the sprawling Dave Matthews Band, which mixes classic American rock with big brassy...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2024

Rob Luft: Life is the Dancer

Byron Wallen | Corrie Dick | Joe Webb | Joe Wright | Luna Cohen | Rob Luft | Tom McCredie

We need be gentle with Luft. He's spectacularly talented, but there can be costs to being the hardest working man...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2020

Nicola Conte: Love & Revolution

Gregory Porter | Jose James | Magnus Lindgren | Nailah Porter | Paolo Benedettini | Pietro Lusssu | Teppo Makynen | Till Bronner

Featuring a stellar line-up of international vocalists and instrumentalists, deluxe arrangements courtesy of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Magnus Lindgren, and a beautifully...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2011

Benedikt Jahnel Trio: Equilibrium

Benedikt Jahnel's day job may be as a researcher in mathematics at Ruhr university in Bochum, Germany, but he has...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Michel Camilo: What's Up?

Michel Camilo

It’s not a great title, is it? ‘Wassup!?’ – in the manner of those Budweiser ads – would have been...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013

Ballister: Znachki Stilyag

Dave Rempis | Fred Lonberg-Holm | Paal Nilssen-Love

This hardworking trio – celebrating its 10th year as an active entity – teams the Norwegian powerhouse drummer Nilssen-Love with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2020

Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: Songbook

Alan Broadbent | Dave Ohm | Georgia Mancio | Oli Hayhurst

From the incredibly touching album opener ‘The Journey Home’ to the hauntingly beautiful ‘Lullaby for MM’ with which it signs...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2017

Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts

Chris Lightcap | Chris Speed | Craig Taborn | Dave King

Daylight Ghosts is one of the most evocative and tantalising titles in recent memory, but, more to the point, it...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017