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

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

Dinah Washington: For Those In Love

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

DR Big Band featuring Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts: The Impaler

With compositions by Tain, Michael Brecker and Thad Jones, it's the drummer who ensures an explosively punctuated engine room for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

According To The Sound: Pitch

Adam Parry-Davies | Alex Hutchings | David Adewumi | Gary Alesbrook | James Carter | James Morton | Jared Schonig | Jim Barr | Justin Brown | Kaisa Mäensivu

Although for obvious reasons remote recording took off during the pandemic, it is thankfully no longer the only option. But...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024

Maria Grapsa Sextet: Life

Becca Wilkins | Emma Rawicz | James Owston | Kai Chareunsy | Liam Brennan | Maria Grapsa | Matthew Kilner | Tom Pountney | Tommy Fuller | Torin Davies

With a solid grounding in such contemporary ensembles as Tomorrow’s Warriors Female Frontline, Colectiva and the Nu Civilisation Orchestra, and...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024

Makiko Hirabayashi: Gifts

Bjorn Heebol | Fredrik Lundin | Makiko Hirabayashi | Thommy Andersson

Since leaving her native Japan 30 years ago, Hirabayashi has immersed herself in the vibrant Copenhagen jazz scene, releasing no...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2025

Leif Maine and Jackson Mathod: Volte-Face

Ajene James Davis | Christopher Summer | Jackson Mathod | Thomas Leif Maine

Volte-Face is the sound of Tulse Hill, South London - very 2020s, drifting, ambient, the shape of its compositions often...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024

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

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

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

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

Pepper Adams: Pepper Adams Quintet/Critics' Choice

Carl Perkins | Doug Watkins | Herbie Steward | Jimmy Rowles | Lee Katzman | Leroy Vinnegar | Mel Lewis | Pepper Adams | Stu Williamson

In contrast to the cool lyrical approach of Serge Chaloff, Gerry Mulligan and Lars Gullin, Detroit gigster Pepper Adams was...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2015