Graham South Quartet: By And By

Graham South | Johnny Hunter | Richard Jones | Seth Bennett

Trumpeter Graham South is best known as a soloist with Manchester's Beats & Pieces Big Band, but he's also an...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020

Sonny Clark: Four Classic Albums

As well as several posthumous archive issues, Clark was responsible for six albums released during his short lifetime, five of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Sarah Vaughan: The Complete 1947-1950

Barney Kessel | George Duvivier | Joe Comfort | Mundell Lowe | Sarah Vaughan

The second 2CD volume in Le Chant du Monde’s Sarah Vaughan series, The Complete 1947-1950, features brilliant interpretations of ‘The...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2013

Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco: Thank You To John Coltrane

Paul Dunmall | Tony Bianco

This duo of Paul Dunmall and American drummer Tony Bianco recalls immediately Trane's work with Elvin Jones and later Rashied...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2012

Peter King/Alan Skidmore: Forever Elvin

Alan Skidmore | Alec Dankworth | Martin Drew | Peter King | Steve Melling

This album is worth owning for several reasons. Firstly it celebrates the excellence of two of Britain's finest straight-ahead saxophonists....

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2013

Nigel Price and Alban Claret: Entente Cordiale

Alban Claret | Matt Fishwick | Mikele Montolli | Nigel Price

From the sparkling twinned attack of Price and Claret singing and swinging through Sam Jones’ ‘Bittersuite’, you know you’re in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023

The Claudia Quintet: Super Petite

Chris Speed | Dew Gress | John Hollenbeck | Matt Moran | Red Wierenga

Percussionist John Hollenbeck's The Claudia Quintet can sound like French café music arranged by Steve Reich for a jazz ensemble....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Eddie Harris: Silver Cycles

Billy Hart | Bruno Carr | Eddie Harris | Jodie Christian | Joe Zawinul | Marco Valdez | Melvin Jackson | Monk Montgomery | Richard Davis | Richard Smith

The late Chicago saxophonist can make a credible claim to being one of the great bridges between the mainstream and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014

Leverton Fox: The Human Arm

Alex Bonney | Isambard Khroustaliov | Tim Giles

This follow-up to the 2008 debut Country Dances extends Leverton Fox's conception of electro-acoustic improv that's heavy on real-time electronics....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012

The Great Wee Band: The Sound of Music

Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stu Butterfield

It was Mullen who coined the band name after an especially pleasing gig. Listen to this engaging release and you'll...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010