Chet Baker: Big Band
Once he was cut loose from Pacific Jazz and left to fend for himself (mainly) in Europe, there was absolutely...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2015
Ulysses Owen Jnr Big Band: Soul Conversations
Ulysses Owen's impressive sideman credits range from Terence Blanchard to Kurt Elling, with whom he won a 2010 Grammy for...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2021
Diana Krall: This Dream Of You
Fans of Diana Krall's most recent solo album, her 2017 release Turn Up the Quiet, will be delighted to hear...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2020
Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums
Originally inspired by Charlie Christian, Burrell, now in his 92nd year, must be counted as one of the jazz world's...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023
Yusef Lateef: Live at Ronnie Scott's
Bill Laurance | Jonathan Harvey | Marijus Aleksa
In many ways, Yusef Lateef's reputation preceded him. A tall and commanding stage presence, there are actually very few albums...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2020
Alex Mercado Trio: Symbiosis
Dennis Rollins | Pedro Segundo | Ross Stanley
In the best tradition of latin-rooted jazz pianists, the well-travelled Alex Mercado's playing fizzes with a natural exuberance. In 2012...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015
Adam Rogers/David Binney: R&B
Adam Rogers | David Binney | Gerald Cleaver | Reuben Rogers
Unusually for both Rogers and Binney – and Cleaver, too, for that matter – this is basically a modern blowing...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2015
Benn Clatworthy: What's Going On
Benn Clatworthy | John Donaldson | Matt Home | Simon Thorpe
The son of a sculptor and grandson of revue star Gertrude Lawrence, Clatworthy, born Hastings in 1955, leads something of...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2016
LA Express: LA Express/Shadow Play
David Luell | John Guerin | Robben Ford | Victor Feldman
An intriguing two-fer, if only for the absence of one musician and the presence of another. Tom Scott's name was...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017
Jæ: Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain
Dutch-born Oslo-resident Jessica Sligter has previously been involved with a project called The Story of Modern Farming, a collaborative initiative...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2011
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