Joe Williams: That Kind of Woman/Sentlmental And Melancholy

This is MOR Williams, a million miles away from the authoritative jazz singer on the following disc with Edison, in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Kyle Eastwood: Candid Kyle

Andrew McCormack | Dave O'Higgins | Graeme Blevins | Graeme Flowers | Kyle Eastwood | Martyn Kaine

‘Go whistle!’ Kyle Eastwood (perhaps) told his dad, legendary film actor and director Clint, before going into the studio to...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2017

George Shearing: Four Classic Albums Plus

This puts the Shearing sound together with Nat Cole, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson and Dakota Staton, (plus Teddy King and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Actis Dato: Earth Is The Place

Beppe Di Filippo | Carlo Actis Dato | Daniele Bertone | Matteo Ravizza

Although little known in Britain, Dato makes music of absolutely joyous abandon which would get the most leaden-footed of punters...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2015

Dave Grusin: Kaleidoscope

Chris Beck | Cyrus Chestnut | Eric Wheeler

Grusin himself felt this session had a nightclub feel, and he's right, it's very unlike his more ‘studio’ session, so...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Mo Foster and Friends: In Concert

Mo Foster

Listen to Mo Foster and you are listening to 60 years of British popular music. Has anyone played bass in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2021

Orrin Evans: Freedom

Evans

Though Evans was born in New Jersey, he’s really a Philadelphia homeboy and this album is dedicated to that city...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2011

Archer/Clark/Grew/Hunter: Felicity's Ultimatum

Graham Clark | Johnny Hunter | Martin Archer | Stephen Grew

As the Sheffield-based composer, improviser and jazz saxophonist Martin Archer explains, his new ‘Quartets’ series will showcase records rehearsed and...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: June/2017

The Stryker/Slagle Band (Expanded): Routes

Saxophonist Steve Slagle is a leading member of the Mingus Big Band and co-leads this post-bop big band with the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Kamaal Williams: Wu Hen

Kamaal Williams

The fuzzy boundaries of jazz are perpetually expanding; on his sophomore album, Wu Hen, Kamaal Williams roams and tests their...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: September/2020