Sarah Jane Morris/Antonio Forcione: Compared To What
Antonio Forcione | Sarah Jane Morris
While there are a number of impressive, adroitly reworked cover versions on this fabulous album from vocalist Sarah Jane Morris...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2016
The Matthew Finck/Jonathan Ball Project: It's Not That Far
Adam Nussbaum | Jay Anderson | Jonathan Ball | Matthew Finck | Randy Brecker
Finck and Ball are long time collaborators who enjoy an easy swinging partnership, which also includes writing all the material,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2013
Steve Smith and Vital Information: Live! One Great Night
Baron Browne | Steve Smith | Tom Coster | Vinny Valentino
The recording may be five years old, but Smith knows how to keep this band and its high-energy fusion fresh...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2012
Vic Lewis: Vic Lewis Plays Bossa Nova/At Home (London) And Away (Hollywood)
Vic Lewis had two life long passions – Stan Kenton and cricket. Though, in the 1950s Vic modeled his Big...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2014
Iro Haarla: Ante Lucem
Third Stream music ain't what it used to be – it's so much better, so much more organic, as if...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Nils Landgren & Jan Lundgren: Kristallen
Swedish trombonist (and vocalist) Nils Landgren’s musical world has long stretched stylistically from jazz deep into R&B and funk; Landgren’s...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2020
Black Flower: Abyssinia Afterlife
Filip Vanderbril | Jon Birdsong | Nathan Daems | Simon Segers | Wouter Haest
Snaky melodies on alto sax; a walking bassline with swing and swagger; crashing drums, quirky effects and horns, horns, horns…...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2015
Martin Pyne and Stephen Grew: Winter Landscape
“This music is a complete unedited sequence of improvisations, recorded on a bitterly cold day in Lancaster Baptist Church,” the...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2018
Solveig Slettahjell: Live at Victoria
Pal Hausken | Solveig Slettahjell
Any new recording by the Norwegian vocalist, pianist and composer Solveig Slettahjell is a huge cause for celebration, especially one...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2018
Avishai Cohen: Two Roses
Alexander Hanson | Avishai Cohen | Elchin Shirinov | Mark Guiliana
The Israeli bassist-vocalist has featured strings in his work before but this is his first recording with an orchestra, which...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2021
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