Paul Motian: Tribute

Carlos Ward | Charlie Haden | Paul Metzke | Paul Motian | Sam Brown

A product of what I think was Manfred Eicher's second trip to New York for the purposes of recording, which...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2019

John Cameron: Cover Lover/Warm and Gentle

Some fine playing from singer/pianist Cameron and his all-star band with the likes of Ronnie Ross and Art Ellefson on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

Harold Mabern: Mr Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr

Eric Alexander | Harold Mabern | Joe Farnsworth | John Webber

Harold Mabern applies his seasoned sophistication to a set of tunes associated with Sammy Davis Jr. The obvious choices are...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Emilia Mårtensson: Loredana

Adriano Adewale | Emilia Mårtensson | Fulvio Sigurta | Luca Boscagin

Named after and dedicated to her mother, Emilia Mårtensson's Loredana is a collection of heart-stopping songs filled with music of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2019

Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol.2

Bob Cranshaw | Christian McBride | Jim Hall | Kobie Watkins | Ornette Coleman | Rollins | Roy Hargrove | Roy Haynes | Russell Malone | Sammy Figueroa

Unlike Road Shows Vol.1, which spanned nearly three decades of Sonny live, all but 16 and-a-half minutes of the new...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2011

Zakir Hussain: Distant Kin

Charlie McKerron | Fraser Fifield | Ganesh Rajagopalan | Jean-Michel Veillon | John Joe Kelly | Patsy Reid | Rakesh Chaurasia | Tony Byrne | Zakir Hussain

But nothing in Zakir Hussain’s canon compares to, or matches Distant Kin. This all-instrumental project grew out of Celtic Connections’...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: April/2016

Binker And Moses: Dem Ones

Binker Golding | Moses Boyd

Noted for their work with the likes of Zara McFarlane, Peter Edwards and Denys Baptiste among others, Golding and Boyd...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015

Brian Landrus Trio: The Deep Below

The baritone sax rising star Brian Landrus teams up with a couple of prime jazz players in Lonnie Plaxico and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Curtis Stigers: Hooray For Love

Cliff Schmitt | Curtis Stigers | John ‘Scrapper’ Sneider | Keith Hall | Matt Munisteri | Matthew Fries

US vocalist and instrumentalist Curtis Stigers has now amassed quite an impressive discography on Concord Records. Hooray For Love is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2014

Omar Sosa: Eggun: The Afri-Lectric Experience

Childo Tomas | Gustavo Ovalles | John Santos | Joo Kraus | Leandro Saint-Hill | Lionel Loueke | Marque Gilmore | Marvin Sewell | Omar Sosa | Pedro Martinez

Although the premise of this album is a tribute to Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue – commissioned for the 2009...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2013