Lou Marini: Starmaker

New York-based big session sax man (James Taylor, Blues Brothers, Dr John) has performed with Buddy Rich/Thad Jones too and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Sir Roland Hanna: This Must Be Love

Ben Riley | George Mraz | Sir Roland Hanna

Sir Roland Hanna was part of Detroit piano dynasty that included Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Barry Harris, Kirk Lightsey and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2015

Russell Malone: All About Melody

Luke Sellick | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Willie Jones

Malone's latest could as easily be titled ‘Message to Jim Hall’, one of this relaxed release's standout cuts. Like his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2016

Thelonious Monk: Three Classic Albums Plus

Monk is on superior form in each of these original albums, namely The Unique T.M. (with Pettiford and Blakey), the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2019

Ollie Howell: Self-Identity

Ant Law | Duncan Eagles | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson | Max Luthert | Ollie Howell

Ollie Howell swung through karmic extremes in 2009, distracted from the growing pain in his head by the patronage of...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2017

Jazz At The Philharmonic: 1958-1960 Live in Paris

Art Davis | Benny Carter | Chuck Lampkin | Coleman Hawkins | Daniel Jordan | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Byas | Gus Johnson | Herb Ellis | J.J. Johnson

The common factor linking this 3CD concert collection is the location: Paris, with the Olympia and Salle Pleyel as alternating...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2016

Luis Perdomo: Links

Dwayne Burno | Luis Perdomo | Miguel Zenón | Rodney Green

This record is a nice change of pace for the exceptionally talented Venezuelan pianist, and also for Puerto Rican altoist...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2013

Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra: Without a Trace

A 10-year-old NYC big band in the post-Thad Jones lineage with a progressive harmonic approach (there's a 12-tone row piece,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Sonny Stitt: The Latin Sides

Two 1963 albums (Primitivo Soul and Stitt Goes Latin) originally out on Prestige and Roost show Stitt’s typically assertive sound,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

SEED Ensemble: Driftglass

Cassie Kinoshi | Chelsea Carmichael | Cherise Adams-Burnett | Joe Armon-Jones | Joe Bristow | Miguel Gorodi | Mr. Ekow | Patrick Boyle | Rio Kai | Sarah Tandy

Though Cassie Kinoshi is fully aware of 1960s American civil rights suites such as her alto icon Jackie McLean’s It’s...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2019