Nat King Cole: Canta en Espagnol

A concept-cum-world music collection from 1958-62, this features Cole dubbing Spanish lyrics over orchestras recorded in Cuba, Rio, Mexico City...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Bud Shank: Plays the Music of Bill Evans

Made in 1996 when Shank was based in the Pacific NW, this is typical of his stylish, well-honed quartet output,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Elina Duni Quartet: Dallëndyshe

Colin Vallon | Elina Duni | Norbert Pfammatter | Patrice Moret

I don't know much about Albanian jazz. But perhaps that doesn't matter much in the case of Elina Duni's Dallëndyshe...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2015

Mark Turner: Yam Yam

Brad Mehldau | Jorge Rossy | Kurt Rosenwinkl | Larry Grenadier | Mark Turner | Seamus Blake | Terence Dean

Recorded in 1994, the Young Lions resurgence was well under way by the time Turner made this, his debut as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2022

Bill Evans: The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans

Art Farmer | Bill Evans | Bill Potts | Bob Brookmeyer | Cannonball Adderley | Charles Mingus | Chet Baker | Chuck Israels | Dave Pike | Dick Garcia

As if it was necessary to underline the individuality, but also the versatility, of the young Evans, here is a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2017

Terje Rypdal: Bleak House

Christian Reim | Jan Garbarek | Jon Christensen | Terje Rypdal | Terje Venaas | Tom Karlsen

Ah, to be 21, your Strat strapped on and a horn-laden band to big you up: and not to mention...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018

Vive: Album Deluxe

Ben Cox | Emily Dankworth | James Rose | Lewis Daniel | Martynas Vilpisauskas | Sam Robson

Featuring brilliantly inventive arrangements and harmonies so tight you couldn't blow smoke between them, this debut album from a cappella...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Tubby Hayes: Hip! The Untold Story of Tubby Hayes 1965

Alfie Reece | Art Ellefson | Benny Goodman | Bob Burns | Bobby Wellins | Derek Healey | Freddie Logan | Gib Wallace | Greg Bowen | Ian Hamer

R&B Records has a habit of delving into the dark recesses of long-gone jazz radio and they’ve done it again...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022

Wadada Leo Smith: America's National Parks

Anthony Davis | Ashley Walters | Jesse Gilbert | John Lindberg | Pheeroan akLaff | Wadada Leo Smith

Smith's recent collaboration with Vijay Iyer, a cosmic rhythm with every stroke, centred on the work of the late Indian...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2017

Bill Frisell: When You Wish Upon a Star

Bill Frisell | Eyvind Kang | Petra Haden | Rudy Royston | Thomas Morgan

As with his previous 2014 release Guitar in the Space Age, Bill Frisell continues to mine 1950s-60s popular music culture...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016