Various Artists: Exotica Classics

Oddities galore by Miriam Burton (acquired taste), flautist Bob Romeo (better), Frank Hunter (strange) and the peerless Buddy Collette and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2014

Pau Brasil & Ensemble SP & Renato Braz: Villa-Lobos Superstar

Betina Stegman | Marcelo Jaffé | Nelson Ayres | Nelson Rios | Paulo Bellinati | Renato Braz | Ricardo Mosca | Robert Suetholz | Rodolfo Stroeter | Teco Cardoso

Everyone in Brazil loves Heitor Villa-Lobos, that 20th century composer who once said that his first harmony teacher was a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2017

Frank Sinatra: Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim | Frank Sinatra

For lovers of bossa nova, the 1967 studio album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim is an album that...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2017

Julian Shore: Which Way Now?

The ex-Gretchen Parlato pianist and composer Julian Shore’s sleepily lyrical quintet from New York features the promising guitarist Gilad Hekselman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Sounds of A&R: Questions Left Unanswered…

April May Webb | Charlie Sigler | Jacob Webb | James Austin | Nathan Webb | Randall Haywood | Riza Printup

Singer April May Webb and trumpeter Randall Haywood are A and R, with an origin story portentously recalled in ‘Thus...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2021

JFK Quartet: New Jazz Frontiers from Washington/Young Ideas

1961 hard bop, Messengers-style by a fairly unknown band of young Washingtonians, this ranks as a good complement to any...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Dave Newman: Fathead Comes On

Fathead Newman breaks out from the Ray Charles straightjacket playing fl ute and alto as well as tenor, with Marcus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

George Cables: My Muse

The Ex-Messenger sideman's stints with Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard and Art Pepper are among his career highlights and here he...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Jeff Davis: Leaf House

Eivind Opsvik | Jeff Davis | Russ Lossing

Drum-led piano trios are always a bit different. There's a unique gravitational pull to the best ones, and that's nothing...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: February/2013

Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call

Ben Williams | Frank Lacy | Jazzmeia Horn | Jerome Jennings | Josh Evans | Stacy Dillard | Victor Gould

The Dallas-born, New York City-based vocalist Jazzmeia Horn was my one to watch for in the December 2015/January 2016 issue...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2017