Soccer 96: As Above So Below

Alexis Blondin | Dan Leavers | Frank Byng | Max Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings | Swann Hunter

Dan Leavers and Max Hallett are two-thirds of The Comet Is Coming, and share that band's fascination with cosmic cycles...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2016

Alice Russell: To Dust

This highly-praised contemporary soul-blues singer-songwriter is no barstool wallflower, the new CD impressively charged with her Aretha-like fire power and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Myles Wright: The Manhattan EP

24-piece jazz orchestra | Myles Wright

With April and The Manhattan EP we have snapshot of the current Boston/New York contemporary big band scene. April, funded...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Andrew Cyrille: Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint And Soul Note

Andrew Cyrille | Enrico Rava | Jimmy Lyons | Karen Borca | Paul Murphy | Raphe Malik | William Parker

Although the 74 year-old New Yorker is readily tagged, through his associations with Cecil, Muhal, Braxton et al, as a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2015

Echoes of Swing: Travelin'

Part of an ongoing series in which Munich's ACT label focuses on ‘classic’ period jazz, the chamber-like quartet here brings...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Charlie Parker: Complete Bird at the Apollo

Completists who want the live Bird with Strings records will find plenty here, along with Diz and Bird plus Billie...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Ronnie Scott's Vol.1

Al Gafa | Dizzy Gillespie | Earl May | Mickey Roker | Mike Longo

Unlike say Miles, Dizzy didn't feel the need to reinvent himself, for in cahoots with Bird, Bud, Klook and Monk...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2015

Lurlean Hunter: The Velvet Voice

The entire four-album output of this greatly underrated 1950s singer is collected here on 2CDs, accompanied by Quincy Jones, Ernie...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Count Basie: Live in Pans 1957–1962

From the heyday of the New Testament band, four Paris concerts that rank among its best, most atmospheric, live recordings...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio: Animal Crossing

Francois Moutin | Rudresh Mahanthappa | Rudy Royston

Jazz records named after million-selling video games aren't a common occurrence, and neither are elite improv trios who like dressing...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2022