Perelman/Mahall: Kindred Spirits

Ivo Perelman | Jason Stein | Rudi Mahall

Saxophonist Perelman's decision to swap regular collaborators such as pianist Matthew Shipp, doublebassist William Parker and drummer Whit Dickey, for...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018

Karen Lane Organ Project: Two Steps from the Blues

Dominic Ashworth | John Hoare | Karen Lane | Nic France | Pete Whittaker

Inspired by one of Lane's key influences as a jazz singer, Sarah Vaughan's 1963 studio album Sarah Sings Soulfully (arranged...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Mark Sherman: My Other Voice

Pianist Sherman leads an in-the-pocket hard-bop outfit featuring fine Jackie McLean-ish altoist Vincent Herring and the dependable Allen-Drummond rhythm section,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Sammy Davis Jr: The Singles Collection 1949-62

Carmen McRae | Dean Martin | Frank Sinatra | Gary Crosby | Sammy Davis Jr

Stage and screen actor, author, comedian, dancer and skilled multi-instrumentalist, Sammy Davis Jr. also possessed a remarkable voice, blessed with...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

Mikko Innanen/William Parker/Andrew Cyrille: Song For A New Decade

Andrew Cyrille | Mikko Innanen | William Parker

Finnish multi-reed player Innanen is one of the most impressive young musicians in his country and his profile in Europe...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015

Stan Kenton: Back To Balboa/Rendezvous with Kenton

Two classic live albums from the Rendezvous Ballroom in the late-1950s, both originally on Capitol, and containing some of Kenton's...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

James Morton: The Kid

Alex Johansen | Andrew Ross | Andy Sheppard | Celestine | Dan Moore | Denny Ilett | DJ Ollie Teeba Choir | Fred Wesley | Guido May | Ian Matthews

Morton's stated aim is ‘to bring jazz back to the dance-floor’, and 15 years playing with former James Brown saxophonist...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2016

Oscar Peterson: West Side Story/Affi nity

Excellent Peterson twofer, from 1962 with Brown & Thigpen, comprising his most swinging treatments of songs from the shows –...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Charlie Parker: Laird Baird: Integrale Vol 12

The project to document all Parker's work reaches December 1952-mid-1953, and includes Miles’ ‘The Serpent's Tooth’ session, and ends with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2016

Gary Brunton: Night Bus

Bojan Z | Gary Brunton | Simon Goubert

Originally from Burnley, Lancashire, bassist Gary Brunton has distinguished himself on the Paris jazz scene after studying at Le CIM...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020