Review of Mark de Clive-Lowe/The Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra: Take the Space

Mark de Clive-Lowe/The Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra: Take the Space

Trane Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★

This top nu-jazz producer rises to the challenge of putting the lush, Thad Jones-like big band arrangements of this Dutch...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Review of Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band: Walk A Mile In My Shoe

Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band: Walk A Mile In My Shoe

Anthony Tidd | Anwar Marshall | Bilal | Caleb Wheeler Curtis | David Gibson | Jesse Fischer | Joanne Pascale | Josh Lawrence | Lisa Fischer | Madison Rast

Imani/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

A reference to the neurofibramatosis of the left foot from which he has suffered his whole life, A Mile In...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2024

Review of Jon Lucien: I Am Now

Jon Lucien: I Am Now

Bobby Scott | Dave Grusin | Eric Harrigan Jr | Frank Malabe | Jon Lucien | Milt Hisler | Stanley Rubinstein

Big Break Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally released in 1970, Jon Lucien's debut I Am Now veers unpredictably between the great, the overblown and the frankly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011

Review of Billie Holiday: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Billie Holiday: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Art Taylor | Bobby Timmons | Clarence Sharpe | Curtis Fuller | George Coleman | Horace Silver | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones

Editor's Choice

Avid

Rating: ★★★★

Featuring just under two and a half hours of music, Avid Jazz's 2CD set brings together four albums recorded by...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2019

Review of Zoot Sims: Leader & Sideman: Four Classic Albums

Zoot Sims: Leader & Sideman: Four Classic Albums

Al Cohn | Bob Brookmeyer | Charlie Persip | Danny Richmond | Dave McKenna | Eddie Jones | Freddie Green | Hank Jones | Harry Edison | Jon Eardley

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

A treasure trove for connoisseurs of mainstream-modern groove, this CD-double uncovers four albums – Stretchin' Out, Starring Zoot Sims, Down...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2012

Review of Ego Ella May: Honey For Wounds

Ego Ella May: Honey For Wounds

Alfa Mist | Andrew Ashong | Ashley Henry | Eddie Hicks | Ego Ella May | Eun | Joe Armon Jones | Maralisa | Melo Zed | Mini D

Upper Room Records (CD)

Rating: ★★★

Ego Ella May's sophomore album, Honey for Wounds, finds her smooth, sage voice chronicling societal ills and personal heartache in...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: July/2020

Review of Tony Bennett: The Beat of My Heart

Tony Bennett: The Beat of My Heart

Columbia/Legacy

Rating: ★★★

It was a slightly bonkers idea, in 1957, to team Tony Bennett with various drummers from Jo Jones to Art...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Review of Helen Merrill: Four Classic Albums

Helen Merrill: Four Classic Albums

Avid

Rating: ★★★★

Still with us at the time of writing (89 this month), this is Helen Merrill on peak form from 1954-59,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Review of Nathaniel Cross: The Description is Not the Described

Nathaniel Cross: The Description is Not the Described

Andre Jack | Dylan Jones | Emmanuel Oladokun | Errol Cross | Michael ‘Ayan Mich'l’ Adesina | Nathaniel Cross | Phillip Harper | Richie Garrison | Saleem Raman | Sheldon Agwu

First Word Records

Rating: ★★★★

The debut EP from trombonist, arranger, and composer Nathaniel Cross transcends any singular place or time with gorgeously arranged horns,...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: August/2021

Review of Dinah Washington: For Those In Love

Dinah Washington: For Those In Love

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

An excellent anthology of Dinah Washington's work with Quincy Jones from the mid-1950s, plus some additional live tracks with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2015

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