Tomoko Omura: Branches Vol. 2

This Japanese NYC-based violinist has engaged with both jazz and classical traditions previously but explores her homeland's folk song/culture in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021

The Warren Vaché Quintet: Remembers Benny Carter

Houston Person | Leroy Williams | Nicki Parrot | Tardo Hammer | Warren Vaché

Vaché has an inherent flair for the bon mot, the apposite phrase or approach to a piece, and understands when...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2015

Greg Abate: Magic Dance – The Music of Kenny Barron

Dezron Douglas | Greg Abate | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron

Now 73, Abate is a familiar figure for British jazz audiences as he tours here regularly. We know him mostly...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and What’s Next?: THE RISE UP: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol

Where saxophonist/conceptualist Dave Liebman gets his energy from is anybody's guess. His creativity seems to function at full throttle 365...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2020

Billie Holiday: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Art Taylor | Bobby Timmons | Clarence Sharpe | Curtis Fuller | George Coleman | Horace Silver | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones

Featuring just under two and a half hours of music, Avid Jazz's 2CD set brings together four albums recorded by...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2019

Lola Albright: The Jazz Singer on the ‘Peter Gunn’ Series

A singing actress, rather than an acting singer, Albright handles standards reasonably well, and plays the role of jazz chanteuse...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Iskra 1903: South On The Northern

Barry Guy | Paul Rutherford | Philipp Wachsmann

Violinist Wachsmann recorded these two previously unissued London gigs on cassettes, but the quality is very high, capturing the acoustic...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2014

Lionel Loueke: Gaia

Ferenc Nemeth | Lionel Loueke | Massimo Biolcati

Since bursting onto the jazz scene in the noughties, the Beninois guitar prodigy has carved a niche as much as...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Warren Wolf: Convergence

Brad Mehldau | Christian McBride | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | John Scofield | Warren Wolf

The vibraphonist has some really heavyweight company for this, his third US album, including his boss from the Inside Straight...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: July/2016

Javon Jackson: Expression

Corcoran Holt | Javon Jackson | McLenty Hunter | Orrin Evans

For whatever reason, Javon Jackson has never really made the A lists of contemporary tenor players. Maybe it's his sound,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2015