Herb Geller: Four Classic Albums

Gems from Geller's early (1955-59) career, two by his quartet with wife Lorraine, one by a bebop band with Kenny...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition: Agrima

Dan Weiss | Rez Abbasi | Rudresh Mahanthappa

Tied as this project is to the long-running relationship between jazz and Indian music, leader/alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa told his...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2017

The Bad Plus: It's Hard

David King | Ethan Iverson | Reid Anderson

The since-popular jazz pastime of covering Radiohead helped announce The Bad Plus to the world. Their own compositions actually dominate...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Louis Prima: The King of Jumpin’ Swing: Greatest Hits

Alla Seltzer | Amado Rodrigues | Bobby Morris | Bobby Roberts | Harvey Lang | Jack Marshall | John Nagy | Kelly Smith | Little Red Blount | Lou Sineaux

Although Prima’s little band that played on 52nd Street in the 1930s produced some almost forgotten (and much jazzier) gems,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022

Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Funk Ain't Ova

Led by Swedish bandleader Lati Kronlund, the Brooklyn Funk Essentials’ fifth album celebrates their 20th year of recording with their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Ben Webster/Harry Edison: Complete Quintet Studio Sessions

Sister album to the same label’s complete collection of sextet sides by Ben and Sweets, this is slightly looser in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Rudolph Johnson: The Second Coming

Doug Sides | Kent Brinkley | Kirk Lightsey | Rudolph Johnson

In 1973 Ohio-born tenor sax player Rudolph Johnson and the other members of his quartet were still mining the rich...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Harry Allen Jan Lundgren Quartet: Quietly There

The Lester Young influenced New York veteran saxophonist Harry Allen plays from the Johnny Mandel songbook with a Danish quartet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Sarah Vaughan: A Time In My Life

Interesting times, the early 1970s, with Sarah reimagining herself in a very contemporary big band environment, and Ernie Wilkins writing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Connie Han: Secrets Of Inanna

Bill Wysaske | Connie Han | John Patitucci | Katisse Buckingham | Rich Perry

Born in the US to Chinese parents, Han is 26 and already has three previous albums to her name. The...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023