Phil Robson Trio: The Cut Off Point

Gene Calderazzo | Phil Robson | Ross Stanley

The wonder is that it's taken Robson so long to set up such a trio. What doesn't surprise however is...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Stephen Crump's Rhombal: Rhombal

Adam O’Farrill | Ellery Eskelin | Stephen Crump | Tyshawn Sorey

Sometimes discarding a harmonic instrument leads to self-indulgence, but on this bass-led quartet album, it has clearly concentrated the mind....

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2016

Nightports with Tom Herbert

Adam Martin | Mark Slater | Tom Herbert

Adam Martin and Mark Slater AKA Nightports are an experimental studio production team currently recording a series of collaborations with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2022

Oddarrang: Agartha

Ilmari Pohjola | Lasse Lindgren | Lasse Sakara | Olavi Louhivuori | Osmo Ikonen

The quartet Oddarang's 2007 debut album won the Finnish equivalent of a Grammy for best jazz album, and were first...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

The Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts/Frank Basile Sextet: In The Empire State

Frank Basile | Jeb Patton | Matt Fishwick | Mike Karn | Osian Roberts | Steve Fishwick

For my (rapidly falling off the perch) generation, the British trumpet player was unquestionably Jimmy Deuchar. And for those who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2016

Jim Hall: Three Classic Albums Plus

This excellent double-album compendium captures the earliest recordings of Jim Hall, the quintessential example of a guitarist's guitarist. You don't...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2019

Clark Terry – Bob Brookmeyer Quintet: The Complete Studio Recordings

Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Cranshaw | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Hank Jones | Roger Kellaway

A match made in heaven? More likely a recording studio where for a time both Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015

Terry Seabrook's Milestones: Sketches of Miles

Alan Barnes | Dave Whitford | Graeme Flowers | Ian Price | Spike Wells | Terry Seabrook

Seabrook has been touring extensively with this band and it shows. Audiences have liked their music and it's easy to...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2011

Ivo Neame: Yatra

Dave Hamblett | Ivo Neame | Jason Yarde | Jasper Hoiby | Jim Hart | Jon Shenoy | Shabaka Hutchings | Tori Freestone

Recorded in Neasden rather than in an ashram, with the roar of the North Circular road only a sharp intake...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012

Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club: Rendell/Carr Quintet 1965-1966

Colin Purbrook | Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Jeff Clyne | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

For those with the vinyl box set, Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-1969 from Jazzman, original EMI...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021