Sidney Bechet/Mezz Mezzrow: The King Jazz Records Story

This 5CD set has been out in various separate issues before, but this collection is the most convenient yet, assembling...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Cecil Payne/Duke Jordan: Brooklyn Brothers

Al Foster | Cecil Payne | Duke Jordan | Sam Jones

A really strong session from the ex-Gillespie big band baritone player, with Jordan's trio jolted forcefully into life by drummer...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2017

Gretchen Parlato: Live in NYC

Alan Hampton | Burniss Earl Travis II | Gretchen Parlato | Kendrick Scott | Mark Guiliana | Taylor Eigsti

Celebrating 10 years since her arrival in New York City, this live CD/DVD from vocalist Gretchen Parlato provides irrefutable proof...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2014

XPQ – Vasilis Xenopoulos/Nigel Price Quintet: Sidekicks

Dario Di Lecce | Nigel Price | Steve Brown | Vasilis Xenopoulos

The co-leaders work well together, their respective styles each the ideal match for the other. Price is a supple player,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2018

Jimmy Greene: Beautiful Life

Christian McBride | Cyrus Chestnut | Hartford Symphony Orchestra | Isaiah Marquez-Greene | Jimmy Greene | Jonathan Dubose | Kenny Barron | Lewis Nash | Pat Metheny | Renee Rosnes

Although personal tragedy has been the background to many an artistic statement, few could conceivably match the devastatingly cruel fate...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2015

Liane Carroll: Up and Down

James McMillan | Liane Carroll | Mark Fletcher | Roger Carey

Recorded over nine months in the UK, mainland Europe and the US, this sumptuous set of interpretative treasures is one...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011

Naked Truth: Avian Thug

Graham Haynes | Lorenzo Feliciati | Pat Mastelotto | Roy Powell

Although led by Italian bassist, Lorenzo Feliciati, Naked Truth boasts some major US talent: keyboardist Roy Powell has worked with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2016

Johnny Hammond: Gears

Chuck Rainey | Craig McMullen | Fonce Mizell | Hadley Caliman | Harvey Mason | Jerry Peters | John Rowin | Johnny Hammond | Julian Priester | Kenneth Nash

Although adepts wax lyrical over their work with Donald Byrd, (and rightly so), this is also one of the highlights...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015

William Parker: For Those Who Are, Still

Bill Cole | Charles Gayle | Cooper-Moore | Darryl Foster | Eri Yamamoto | Hamid Drake | Jan Jakub Bokun | JD Parran | Jim Pugliese | JT Lewis

Although Parker can rightfully lay claim to the title of a contemporary master among double bassists he is also a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2015

Ferit Odman: Dameronia With Strings

Danny Grissett | David O’Rourke | Ferit Odman | Peter Washington | Terell Stafford

Thirty-four-year-old Odman is a new name to me, but this stalwart of the Turkish scene already has two previous CDs...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016