Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit

Yosuke Sato | Tivon Pennicott | Emanuel Harrold | Gregory Porter | Aaron James | Glenn Patscha | Curtis Taylor | Chip Crawford

The central media story here is ‘major label debut’ but that’s not the only point of interest. Although Porter’s lordly...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2013

Nat Adderley Quintet: Workin'

Walter Booker | Jimmy Cobb | Vincent Herring | Nat Adderley | Rob Bargad

Cannonball Adderley didn’t employ his younger brother Nat because he felt some kind of family obligation to his sibling. No....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Mulatu Astatke: Sketches Of Ethiopia

Byron Wallen | Danny Keane | Mulatu Astake | James Arben | John Edwards | Tesfaye | Yohannes Afwork | Alexander Hawkins | Fatoumata Diawara | Tom Skinner

Although not the only musician to have contributed to l’age d’or (the golden age) of Ethiopian music in the 1960s...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2013

Art Farmer/Benny Golson: Complete Jazztet Sessions

Hard on the heels of Fresh Sound’s recent reissue of three Jazztet albums (reviewed July 2013) this excellent 4CD set...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Leo Blanco: Pianoforte

There’s a buzz about the Venezuelan, Boston-based pianist and on this live solo piano CD, recorded in the Andes region,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Henry Lowther Band: Child Song

Tony Roberts | Henry Lowther | Daryl Runswick | Mike Travis | Mike McNaught

Trumpeter-composer Henry Lowther is one of Britain’s most respected and well-liked musicians, a distinguished veteran revered for giving an anxious...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2013

Esa Helasvuo: Stella Nova

Esa Helasvuo

Esa Helasvuo has been a presence on the more experimental fringes of the Finnish jazz scene since the 1960s. His...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2013

Dave Liebman/Michael Stephens: Lineage

Jonas Burgwinkel | Pablo Held | Robert Landfermann

Dave Liebman is one of jazz’s great instrumentalists. He is also one of jazz great clinicians, educators and inspirational figures....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2016

Peter Jones: One Way Ticket To Palookaville

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

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

Junior Mance: Three Classic Albums Plus

The bluesy, swinging piano of Junior Mance is featured on three and seven-ninths of his trio albums from 1959-61, all...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019