Review of Tom Ollendorff: A Song For You

Tom Ollendorff: A Song For You

Conor Chaplin | Marc Michel | Tom Ollendorff

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

When Jordi Pujol, the owner of the Barcelona-based Fresh Sound New Talent (FSNT) label, releases a debut album you sit...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Review of Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz: Fairytales

Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz: Fairytales

Radka Toneff | Steve Dobrogosz

Odin

Rating: ★★★★

Chances are you have neither heard of this album or Radka Toneff. But the album is recognised as a jazz...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018

Review of Andrew Cyrille: A Declaration Of Musical Independence

Andrew Cyrille: A Declaration Of Musical Independence

Andrew Cyrille | Ben Street | Bill Frisell | Richard Teitelbaum

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Five years after his excellent TUM release Route De Freres drum legend Cyrille makes his ECM debut with an album...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Dennis Rollins' Velocity: The 11th Gate

Dennis Rollins' Velocity: The 11th Gate

Dennis Rollins | Pedro Segundo | Ross Stanley

Motéma

Rating: ★★★★

A real treat from Rollins, who has been gigging Velocity for about 18 months, but most people will know from...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2011

Review of Ella Fitzgerald: The Singles

Ella Fitzgerald: The Singles

Al Porcino | Alvin Stoller | André Previn | Arnold Ross | Barney Kessel | Barry Galbraith | Benny Carter | Bob Enevoldsen | Buddy Bregman | Charlie Shavers

Editor's Choice

New Continent 648035

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released in 2017, this collection documents almost a decade of Ella Fitzgerald at the top of her game, recording...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2022

Review of Kate Williams' Four Plus Three Meets Georgia Mancio: Finding Home

Kate Williams' Four Plus Three Meets Georgia Mancio: Finding Home

David Ingamells | Francis Gallagher | Georgia Mancio | John Garner | John Williams | Kate Williams | Marie Schreer | Oli Hayhurst | Sergio Serra

Kwjazz

Rating: ★★★★

Williams has worked and recorded with a string quartet before and builds valuably on that experience on this engaging new...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2019

Review of Guillermo Klein Y Los Guachos: Carrera

Guillermo Klein Y Los Guachos: Carrera

Ben Monder | Bill McHenry | Chris Cheek | Diego Urcola | Fernando Huergo | Guillermo Klein | Jeff Ballard | Miguel Zenon | Richard Nant | Sandro Tomasi

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

It's 20 years now since Argentinian master musician Guillermo Klein formed Los Guachos at Berklee and today it is probably...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2012

Review of Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: This Is Latin Jazz

Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: This Is Latin Jazz

Charlie Sepúlveda

HighNote

Rating: ★★★

Recorded at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center just before the pandemic struck, this album was intended, as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2021

Review of Lambert: All This Time

Lambert: All This Time

Felix Weigt | Lambert | Luca Marini

Verve/Mercury

Rating: ★★★

Hamburg pianist Lambert wears a mask when he performs – and he first donned it long before Covid, moreover; the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2023

Review of Tom Harrison: Unfolding in Tempo

Tom Harrison: Unfolding in Tempo

Cleveland Watkiss | Daniel Casimir | David Lyttle | Robert Mitchell | Tom Harrison

Lyte Records

Rating: ★★★

Cardiff-born saxophonist Tom Harrison has assembled a very accomplished quintet for his Duke Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn) tribute project: Cleveland...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2016

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