Various Artists: Salsa de la Bahia

Mainly recent music from the SF Bay Area, but going back to the 50s in one case, documenting the rich...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra:

The recent death of Ed Thigpen goes to remind us what a great band the 1959-65 Peterson trio was, and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2010

Ralph Alessi: Imaginary Friends

Andy Milne | Drew Gress | Mark Ferber | Ralph Alessi | Ravi Coltrane

Ralph Alessi, the New York trumpeter whose improvisations glimmer with understated surprises, has made two earlier ECM recordings (2013’s Baida...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2019

Jeremy Dutton: Anyone is Better Than Here

Ambrose Akinmusire | Ben Wendel | Daryl Johns | James Francies | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Matt Brewer | Mike Moreno

This vivid collection of originals, featuring contemporary-jazz luminaries including saxophonist Ben Wendel and much-acclaimed trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, is the leadership...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2023

David Lopato: Gendhing for a Spirit Rising

The New York-based pianist/percussionist has a long-term fascination with Javanese Gamelan and other south Asian musics, and on this 2CD...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Pat Senatore Trio: Inspirations

The veteran ex-Stan Kenton double-bassist Pat Senatore goes for timeless expression on this straightahead trio CD with special guest ex-Tijuana...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Remote Viewers Trio: Notes Lost In A field

With a lengthy discography going back to 1999, the current incarnation of this unit with saxophonists David Petts, Adrian Northover...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Phineas Newborn: Fabulous Phineas

One of the seminal albums that established Newborn as one of the great keyboard talents, this shows him at the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2016

Wild Card: Everything Changes

Andrew Noble | B'loon | Clement Regert | Dennis Rollins | Graeme Flowers | Roberto Manzin | Sophie Alloway

As the Duke liked to mention, jazz shouldn't wander too far from dance, and if you can't dance to Wild...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2012

Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones Quartet/Quintet: Cherokee/Legendary Studio Sessions

Al Lucas | Hank Jones | Milt Hinton | Osie Johnson | Paul Gonsalves | Roy Haynes | Shadow Wilson | Sonny Stitt | Tommy Potter | Wendell Marshall

In a parallel universe, if Usain Bolt had been cast as a saxophonist, he would have surely been Sonny Stitt...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018