Jane Monheit: The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald

Daniel Sadownick | Jane Monheit | Michael Kanan | Neal Miner | Nicholas Payton | Rick Montalbano

Beginning with a luxuriant reading of the Duke Ellington/Carl Sigman song, ‘All Too Soon’, this exceptional tribute to Ella Fitzgerald...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016

Gary Lucas: Fleischerei

A maverick guitarist and former Captain Beefheart/Jeff Beck sideman, Gary Lucas takes on the songs from Max Fleicher's Betty Boop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Herbie Hancock: The Warner Bros. Years (1969-72)

Benny Maupin | Billy Hart | Buster Williams | Eddie Henderson | Herbie Hancock | Julian Priester | Patrick Gleeson

The Warner Bros. Years represent perhaps the most enigmatic period of Hancock's career, his post-Miles response to the changing musical...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014

Simon Lasky Group: About the Moment

Fergus Gerrand | Kuljit Bhamra | Luca Boscagin | Pete Billington | Philip Achille | Simon Lasky | Sophie Alloway

“Live in the moment” is a very ‘now’ sort of sentiment – and, curiously, a very ‘then’ sort of one...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2018

Mack Avenue Superband: Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival

Or a super-group jam session featuring some of the leading lights of this classy mainstream jazz label live in its...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Jorge Roeder: El Suelo Mio

One of the standouts of this month's batch is this poised, deeply expressed solo recording by a rhythmically-sharp, big-toned acoustic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Bill Holman: The Fabulous Bill Holman

Eight big band tracks, but the great thing here is ten bonus small band sides from Kenton Presents… a truly...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2012

Iiro Rantala: My History of Jazz

Adam Baldych | Iiro Rantala | Lars Danielsson | Morten Lund

When the Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala debuted on ACT, Lost Heroes promptly won him Germany's two most important and prestigious...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

John Abercrombie/Marc Johnson/Peter Erskine: Live At The Nightstage, Boston

John Abercrombie | Marc Johnson | Peter Erskine

Abercrombie was too modest a musician to have a ‘pomp’, but hellfire, on this live recording he was in, let...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019

Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun Kleive: PoliturPassiarer

The Norwegian drummer/percussionist's orchestrations for 13-piece ensemble blends minimalism and Stravinsky-like chamber work in a through-composed setting; while solo passages...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017