The Chico Hamilton Quintet: Gongs East!

Chico Hamilton | Denis Budmir | Eric Dolphy | Nathan Gershman | Wyatt Ruther

After quitting Gerry Mulligan's original pianoless quartet, Chico Hamilton successfully established his credentials as a small group leader by way...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2015

Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio: San Sebastian

Mulgrew Miller | Ron Carter | Russell Malone

When a man gets old his reflexes slow down and he starts to take life easier. It's only natural, especially...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2013

WorldService Project: Fire in a Pet Shop

Conor Chaplin | Dave Morecroft | Neil Blandford | Raphael Clarkson | Tim Ower

London quintet WorldService Project’s debut album proper makes good on the promise shown by the handful of EPs they’ve already...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2013

Quincy Jones: This is How I Feel About Jazz/Great Wide World Of…

A slightly different pairing from other recent issues – Lonehill put live and studio Great Wide sessions together – this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

Orkestra Eustoria: HyperGiant Hi-Fi

The NY-based saxophonist Peter Sparacino’s Orkestra Eustoria is a small ensemble that makes a large noise; on a self-released new...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

London Jazz Quartet

Alan Branscombe | Jack Fallon | Tony Crombie | Tubby Hayes

Odd, isn't it, how all these buried treasures by Tubby Hayes, which had lain undisturbed in private collections for decades,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Billie Holiday: Lady Sings The Blues

One of Lady Day's finest sessions with Charlie Shavers and Tony Scott (who once told me he'd co-written the title-track...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Detail: Day Two

Frode Gjerstad | John Stevens | Johnny Mbiza Dyani

Recorded during two days at Staccato Studios, Stavanger, Norway in 1982 (the first part being released as Backwards And Forwards...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: November/2019

Cakewalk: Ishihara

Imagine rock bands Sonic Youth and Joy Division thrashing it out at an avant-improv jam and you might have some...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

ISQ: Requiem for the Faithful

Chris Nickolls | Irene Serra | Naadia Sheriff | Richard Sadler

The field of UK jazz-soul singer-songwriters isn’t especially populous or ambitious, despite Gregory Porter’s success here proving the genre’s accessibility...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2020