Kevin Eubanks Stanley Jordan: Duets

Kit Downes | Lewis Wright

An artful alliance of two of jazz's more accessible guitarists, Duets bears curious comparison to the recently released Brit-based alliance...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2018

Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums

Four albums over three different labels by one of hard bop's original enfant terribles. Dizzy Atmosphere is performed by a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2020

Elan Mehler: Trouble in Mind

Elan Mehler

This solo piano recording was made by Elan Mehler in New Orleans on the eve of the 2020 pandemic.The Boston-born,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Miles At The Fillmore. Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol.3

Airto Moreira | Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Keith Jarrett | Miles Davis | Steve Grossman

“Bill and I got along all right, but we had our disagreements because Bill is a tough motherfucking businessman, and...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2014

Benny Goodman: The Sound Of Music

Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stu Butterfield

Goodman plays songs from the movie with mixed results, but at their best, Fred Karlin's arrangements provide sound jazz fodder...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2010

John Turville: Head First

Dave Whitford | James Maddren | John Turville | Julian Argüelles | Robbie Robson

Though John Turville is one of the UK jazz scene's most perceptive heirs to the piano legacy of his former...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2019

The Bad Plus: the bad plus

Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson

There is a sense of abandon and creative exuberance on this album, essentially the re-birth of The Bad Plus, in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022

Tom Barford: Bloomer

Billy Marrows | Dave Storey | Flo Moore | Rupert Cox | Tom Barford

Talk about fast-tracking; only last year the NYJO saxophonist Tom Barford was collecting his first-class honours as a Royal Academy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club April 1965

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

The Rendell/Carr Quintet had already recorded Shades of Blue in October 1964, the band’s then pianist, Colin Purbrook, who would...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024

Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky

Anja Lechner | Anouar Brahem | Dave Holland | Django Bates

Brahem began this project before the horrors of Gaza unfolded. But it remains a powerful response to the tragedy of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2025