Scott Hamilton: Live in Barcelona

Esteve Pi | Gerard Nieto | Ignasi Gonzalez | Scott Hamilton

Hamilton was in Barcelona for a couple of nights in December 2010 and this Spanish issue selects the best of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Jochen Rueckert: Charm Offensive

Jochen Rueckert | Mark Turner | Mike Moreno | Orlando le Fleming

Since moving to New York in 1995, German-born drummer Jochen Rueckert has picked up credits with the likes of Kurt...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Miles Davis: In Person At The Blackhawk, San Francisco

Hank Mobley | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Wynton Kelly

It's hard to realise now, but this was the first-ever live album that Miles released. The plethora of archive issues...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2018

Alexander Hawkins and Louis Moholo-Moholo: Keep Your Heart Straight

Alexander Hawkins | Louis Moholo-Moholo

South Africa's Louis Moholo-Moholo came to London close to half a century ago and, together with his fellow exiles, went...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: April/2013

Christof Lauer & NDR Bigband play Sidney Bechet: Petite Fleur

Christof Lauer | Claus Stotter | Don Gottshall | Fiete Fisch | Hubert Nuss | Ingmar Heller | Ingo Lahme | Ingolf Burkhardt | Klaus Heidenreich | Lutz Buchner

This one does exactly what it says on the cover. Soprano and tenor-saxophonist Lauer, something of a virtuoso, solos on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2014

Bill Evans: With The Flutists (What's New/Nirvana)

Bill Evans | Chuck Israels | Eddie Gomez | Herbie Mann | Jeremy Steig | Marty Morell | Paul Motian

Another well-filled reissue, combining two of the more unusual albums in Evans’ discography. The Jazz Collectors label clearly sees the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2010

Album Interview: John Escreet: The Unknown

Evan Parker | John Escreet | John Hébert | Tyshawn Sorey

The New York-based Brit expat pianist John Escreet was so inspired by the enterprise that had evolved from his 2014...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016

Jimmy Forrest: Four Classic Albums

Three albums with rhythm, plus a big band set, this is a representative selection of the tenorist’s early 1960s work,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott’s

Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette's six-month tenure as a member of the Bill Evans Trio – he left to heed the call of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

The Tubby Hayes Quartet: Free Flight

Mick Pyne | Ron Mathewson | Tony Levin | Tubby Hayes

There was a time when the only representation of Hayes on record was to be found in secondhand vinyl shops...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020