ARC: Archipelago

Josefine Cronholm | Paolo Russo | Thommy Andersson

Bringing together the distinguished trio of Swedish singer Josefine Cronholm, Swedish bass player Thommy Andersson, and Italian piano and bandoneón...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013

Jack Walrath: To Hellas and Back

Boris Kozlov | Abraham Burton | George Burton | Donald Edwards | Jack Walrath

Jack Walrath’s assured attack, brassy sound and melodically angular lines were honed by five years with the late Charles Mingus...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2013

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Impressions of the USA

Joe Morello | Paul Desmond | Bobby Hackett | Eugene Wright | Dave Brubeck | Benny Goodman

Jazz Impressions of the USA was Brubeck’s second studio session for Columbia, recorded November 1956 (albeit ‘Home at Last’, the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2013

Barbacana

Sylvain Darrifourcq | James Allsopp | Kit Downes

Has anyone ever figured out why Canterbury-scene groups such as Soft Machine, Gong and National Health were so popular in...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2013

Roland Kirk/Roy Haynes: Domino/Out Of The Afternoon

Andrew Hill | Wynton Kelly | Herbie Hancock | Vernon Martin | Roy Haynes | Henry Grimes | Roland Kirk | Tommy Flanagan | Henry Duncan

Kirk certainly knew who to get close to when he moved from Chicago to New York City – Mingus in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013

Frances Faye: Frenzy/Swinging All The Way

Now largely forgotten, this should restore Faye’s name, especially the second album, with Marty Paich’s excellent band backing her tough,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions

Frank Foster | Ray Drummond | Joe Henderson | Anthony Braxton | Carl Allen | Eddie Moore | Buster Williams | Ronnie Matthews | Cecil McBee | Azar Lawrence

Even for someone so gifted, Woody Shaw could easily have slipped off the radar were it not for the sheer...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Yoron Israel: Visions – The Music of Stevie Wonder

A Chicagoan drummer and professor at Berklee leads a Boston-based quartet through a rather lacklustre jazz take on the Stevie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Kat Edmonson: Way Down Low

This young waif-like Texas songstress is another Sony hopeful, singing acoustic 1960s pop covers and originals with a girly-voiced mix...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Harry Connick Jr: Every Man Should Know

Harry Connick Jr

Presenting 12 self-penned songs for which he also wrote the arrangements, this latest from the singer-songwriter offers a little bit...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013