Nicolas Bearde: Invitation

Nicolas Bearde

Nicholas Bearde's fifth release sees the San Francisco Bay Area vocalist present his first entirely straight-ahead set of songs. Produced...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2016

Andrew Cyrille: Lebroba

Andrew Cyrille | Bill Frisell | Wadada Leo Smith

Cyrille is one of the key figures in the history of the drums in improvised music insofar as he has...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019

Nina Simone: Nina Simone Sings Ellington/Nina Simone at Newport

Nina Simone

It's turning out to be quite a year for Nina Simone reissues. Hot on the heels of Four Classic Albums...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2018

Marius Neset: A New Dawn

Marius Neset

A solo tenor sax performance is no easy task but the Norwegian saxophonist– composer Marius Neset might strike you as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Houston Person: I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Eddie Allen | Houston Person | Kenny Washington | Lafayette Harris | Matthew Parish | Rodney Jones

Person, arguably the last of the big-toned tenors and now aged 84, has always been his own man. Self-managed and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2019

Joanna Strand: Cloud Illusions

With her background in UK musical theatre, the vocalist Joanna Strand brings an attractive tonal purity to a selection of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022

Julie Kjær 3: Dobbeltgænger

John Edwards | Julie Kjær | Steve Noble

Danish saxophonist Julie Kjær has been based in London for several years now, during which time she's struck up a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2016

Ola Onabule: Seven Shades Darker

Good-natured soul-R'B with a singer in the Philly-Detroit 1970s vein, though backed by jazzy horns/rhythm that's closer to 80s pop-soul....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Four Classic Albums

This group has Marmite qualities, but if you’re in the community who like it, then these albums lie at the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Peter Jones: One Way Ticket To Palookaville

Davide Giovannini | Geoff Gascoyne | Neil Angilley | Peter Jones | Vasilis Xenopoulos

Great arrangements, a nicely varied track list, a killer band. This debut album from London-based vocalist Peter Jones has lots...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013