Melody Gardot/Philippe Powell: Entre Eux Deux

Melody Gardot | Philippe Powell

The lady quite obviously has talent – and has overcome injuries that threatened to derail her career – but Melody...

Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: June/2022

Melody Gardot: Live in Europe

Arvell Shaw | Barney Bigard | Bob McCracken | Cozy Cole | Earl Hines | Jack Teagarden | Louis Armstrong | Marty Napoleon | Sid Catlett | Trummy Young

Recorded at 10 different European venues over a five-year period and released as a 2CD digipak and 3LP set, this...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020

Russell Malone: All About Melody

Luke Sellick | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Willie Jones

Malone's latest could as easily be titled ‘Message to Jim Hall’, one of this relaxed release's standout cuts. Like his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2016

Kenny Werner: The Melody

Ari Hoenig | Johannes Weidenmueller | Kenny Werner

Werner's virtuosity seemingly knows no bounds, especially in terms of rhythmic experimentation. That's hardly the right word, though, for he...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2015

Finn Rees: Dawn is a Melody

Allysha Joy | Audrey Powne | Blakely McLean Davies | Cheryl Durongpitikul | Finn Rees | Lucky Pereira | Siwei Wong

Tasmania, Australia’s island state, is a place of clean air, rugged forests, and wind-whipped beaches, where gnarly trees jut from...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2024

Steve Cardenas: Melody in a Dream

Cardenas – a regular sideman for the likes of Paul Motian, Steve Swallow and Joey Baron – takes the wheel...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Karl Berger/Kirk Knuffke: Heart Is A Melody

Jay Anderson | Karl Berger | Kirk Knuffke | Matt Wilson

Now 87, the German-born vibist Berger is the doyen of the New York avant-garde, a long-time sideman with Don Cherry,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023

Carlos Garnett: The New Love/Cosmos Nucleus/Let This Melody Ring On

Alphonse Mouzon | Anthony Jackson | Carlos Garnett | Cecil McBee | Guilherme Franco | Howard King | Hubert Eaves | Kenny Kirkland | Neil Clarke | Olu Dara

Although less well known than Billy Cobham, Carlos Garnett is the other Panamanian who came to prominence in the jazz...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2015

Baptiste Trotignon: Song Song Song

One of France's young stars, the pianist Trotignon is on diversion here exploring the Chanson tradition with singers including Jeanne...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Doubling down on bass: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Going To Play The Melody?

Chrstian McBride | Edgar Meyer

Team up one of the world’s leading classical bassists with his counterpart from the jazz environment, and the results should...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024