Barbara Dane: Living With The Blues/On My Way

Expressive, bluesy singing from Miss Dane, and an added bonus on Living With The Blues is the urbane Benny Carter...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Album Interview: Geri Allen: Grand River Crossings

David McMurray | Geri Allen | Marcus Belgrave

If Flying Toward The Sound (2010) paid homage to Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock, and A Child Is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013

OWL Trio: Owl Trio

Orlando Le Fleming | Will Vinson | Lage Lund | Orlando le Fleming

Take the first letter of these musicians’ forenames, place them in reverse order and you get OWL, a combination of...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2013

Keith Jarrett: Mysteries/Shades

Keith Jarrett | Guiherme Franco | Paul Motian | Dewey Redman | Charlie Haden

The albums Mysteries and Shades were drawn from three dates by Jarrett’s ‘American’ quartet on 10, 11 and 12th December...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2013

John O'Gallagher: The Anton Webern Project

Tyshawn Sorey | Pete McCann | Margret Grebowicz | Johannes Weidenmuller | John O'Gallagher | Russ Lossing | Matt Moran

Interpreting a selection of significant last-century composer Anton Webern’s works, John O’Gallagher is a California-born, but long-time New York-based saxophonist,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Uri Caine Ensemble: George Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue

Ralph Alessi | Mark Helias | Uri Caine | Barbara Walker | Joyce Hammann | Chris Speed | Jim Black | Theo Bleckmann

Definitely an album of two halves, this begins with a 22½ minute sextet adaptation of the Gershwin opus. This is...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013

Chris Connor: Four Classic Albums Plus

Fifty three tracks originally on Bethlehem by Connor from 1953-55 make this an essential collection of her polished vocals, with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

The Dowland Project/John Potter: Night Sessions

Barry Guy | Stephen Stubbs | Milos Valent | John Surman | John Potter | Maya Homburger

The Dowland Project began as a way for tenor John Potter (of the Hilliard Ensemble) and ECM’s Manfred Eicher to...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2013

Sonny Stitt: Rearin' Back

Paul Chambers | Ronnie Mathews | Sonny Stitt | Lou Levy | Arthur Harper | Lex Humphries | Stan Levey

Composed of two 1960s albums, Rearin’ Back and Homage to Ellington, this enjoyable reissue finds a youngish Stitt in sparkling...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2013

Les McCann: Les McCann Sings/Pretty Lady

Ron Jefferson | Les McCann | Herbie Lewis

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1961, Les McCann Sings features McCann with his trio of Herbie Lewis (bass) and Ron...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013