Roy Assaf: Respect Vol 1

Eric Alexander | Greg Gisbert | Greg Hutchinson | Reuben Rogers | Roy Assaf | Roy Hargrove | Vanderlei Pereira

The son of an Egyptian mother and Moroccan father, Roy Assaf, 30, is yet another highly gifted, classically trained musician...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2012

André Previn/Herb Ellis/Shelly Manne/Ray Brown: 4 To Go!

Previn's jazz piano playing is intriguing, because it shows such phenomenal technique, with occasionally stilted timing, but a harmonic imagination...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Gilad Hekselman: Homes

Another outstanding Israeli musician based in New York, Hekselman plays with an ambient Methenyesque soundworld but with a identity of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Helen Forrest with the Harry James Orchestra: I’ve Heard That Song Before

Forrest joined James on condition that (unlike earlier days with Goodman and Shaw) she be allowed to sing verses and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

William Russo/Kenny Baker: Russo In London/Kenny Baker-Blowing Up A Storm

Kenny Baker | Ron Simmonds | William Russo

Vocalion can always be relied upon to seek out those albums that, with the passing of time, might otherwise have...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2013

David Boswell: The Story Behind the Story

Hailing from the Metheny school of chill-out pop-fusion guitarists, David Boswell in the company of Scott Kinsey and Yellowjackets’ Jimmy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020

Léandre/Delbecq/Houle: 14 Rue Paul Fort, Paris

Benoít Delbecq | Francois Houle | Joëlle Léandre

Léandre is an acclaimed double bassist, improviser and composer who played in Pierre Boulez's Ensemble Intercontemporain and for whom John...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: November/2015

Regina Carter: Ella: Accentuate The Positive

Alvester Garnett | Carla Cook | Chris Lightcap | Marvin Sewell | Miche Braden | Regina Carter | Xavier Davis

Featuring beautifully crafted arrangements of beguiling variety and sensuousness, in every lovingly caressed phrase of Ella: Accentuate The Positive, Regina...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2017

Ambrose Akinmusire: On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment

Ambrose Akinmusire | Harish Raghavan | Justin Brown | Sam Harris

Putting the extreme vulnerability and complexity of the African-American condition – with possible solace amid the sufferation – into a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2020

Joe Harriott Quintet: Movement/High Spirits

Bobby Orr | Coleridge Goode | Joe Harriott | Pat Smythe | Shake Keane

Hot on the heels of Proper's The Joe Harriott Story, comes this very welcome reissue and a first for both...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013