Django Reinhardt: On Vogue – Complete 1934–1951

Django Reindhardt | Stéphane Grappelli

You won't find any newly discovered Reinhardt treasures here, just a lovingly compiled overview of his best work. This lavish...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Matthieu Bordenave: La Traversée

Florian Weber | Matthieu Bordenave | Patrice Moret

French tenor saxophonist Bordenave delves deep into a key chapter of jazz history that has a particular relevance to ECM:...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

Steve Gadd and Friends: Live at Voce

Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco | Paul Bollenback | Ronnie Cuber | Steve Gadd

Some records can be enjoyed from the fi rst note, and this is one. Taped live at an off-the-beaten-track eatery...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: March/2012

Angelika Niescier/Florian Weber: NYC Five

Cologne residents saxophonist Niescier and pianist Weber take an energetic leftfield route via the Brooklyn scene alongside the superb trumpeter...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Julian Argüelles: Let It Be Told

Axel Schlosser | Christian Jaksjø | Django Bates | Julian Argüelles | Martin Scales | Paul Hochstadter | Peter Fell | Steve Argüelles | Tony Lakatos

Argüelles' 12th release as leader finds him weaving together the musical skeins that make up his musical mind. This is...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Eyolf Dale: The Wayfarers

Audun Kleive | Eyolf Dale | Per Zanussi

It may be rather premature to call Eyolf Dale's trio a ‘supergroup’, but bassist Per Zannusi and drummer Audun Kleive...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2023

Heshoo Beshoo Group: Armitage Road

Cyril Magubane | Ernest Mothle | Henry Sithole | Nelson Magwaza | Stanley Sithole

In terms of artwork, South Africa's answer to Abbey Road is poignant. The members of Heshoo Beshoo are seen crossing...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

Eddie Duran: Modern Music from San Francisco

San Francisco-based guitarist Duran was in the limelight in the mid-1950s, but his slightly staccato almost hesitant playing is not...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017

Steve Kuhn: Trance

Jack DeJohnette | Steve Kuhn | Steve Swallow | Sue Evans

This welcome release brings back into the catalogue Kuhn's most loved album. By the time it was recorded, the former...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Charles Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: Songs For Nat

Bienvenido Dinzey | Charles Sepúlveda | Francisco Alcala | Gabriel Rodriguez | Godwin Vargas | Norberto Ortiz

Charles Sepúlveda is multi-talented. He’s a striking trumpeter with a thick vibrato, a composer, a bandleader (The Turnaround is now...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019