JD Allen Trio: Victory!

Gregg August | JD Allen | Rudy Royston

This reviewer has been singing the praises of JD Allen since his debut as a leader on Italy's Red Records’...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2012

Steven Herring: Introducing

Billy Drummond | Jay Anderson | Kirk Knuffke | Russ Lossing | Stephen Riley | Steven Herring

On Introducing, Julliard graduate and operatic baritone Steven Herring brings together 10 Great American Songbook classics, fronting an impressive band...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Gerry Mulligan: Four Classic Albums

All essential, the Art Farmer and second Brookmeyer quartets are linked with the meets Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster albums...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Amaro Freitas: Rasif

Amaro Freitas | Henrique Albino | Huge Medeiros | Jean Elton

A real find, this; Amaro Freitas is a pianist from the tropical northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco with a chewy,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour une âme souveraine - a dedication to Nina Simone

Chris Bruce | Deantoni Parks | Jebin Bruni | Meshell Ndegeocello

Meshell Ndegeocello's tenth studio album, Pour une âme souveraine (‘For a sovereign soul’) features 14 astonishingly creative arrangements of songs...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2012

Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead: One Foot in the Groove

“I’m a dinosaur looking back to another age,” sings the Caterham-based Packham unapologetically in the opener and the CD title...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Sumitra: Bittersweet

Singer-songwriter/pianist Sumitra Nanjundan fronts a pleasant enough quartet, her intimate music navigating a path somewhere between Kate Bush and Steely...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Kit Downes: Dreamlife of Debris

Kit Downes | Lucy Railton | Sebastian Rochford | Stian Westerhus | Tom Challenger

Dreamlife of Debris has its roots in Downes’ 2015 recording Vyamanical (Slip), that documents the improvisations on various church organs...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020

Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums – Second Set

Art Taylor | Billy Mitchell | Connie Kay | Hank Jones | John Lewis | Lucky Thompson | Milt Hinton | Milt Jackson | Oscar Pettiford | Percy Heath

A previous collection in Avid's series covered Gordon's sadly brief surfacing in 1955 and the start of his more permanent...

Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: August/2019

Jackson Mathod: Come On Now

Charlie Allen | David Mrakpor | Eoin Walsh | Gabriele Pribetti | Harry Pope | Jackson Mathod | James Beckwith | Joey Grant | Luke Smith | Mcknasty

Trumpeter and occasional vocalist Jackson Mathod is rapidly approaching star status among those UK audiences fortunate enough to catch his...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: February/2023