Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band: 4 Hlidar

Omar Gudjonsson | Oskar Gudjonsson | Tony Allen | Ingi S. Skulason | Ivar Gudmundsson | Haukur Grondal | Eirikur Rafn Stefansson | David Por Jonsson | Hannes Helgason | Snorri Sigurdarson

The trombonist Samúel Jón Samúelsson’s Big Band take the ice out of Iceland with their slickly grooving cocktail of JBs/Afro-funk,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Kermit Ruffins: We Partyin’ Traditional Style

He’s been compared to having the great Satchmo’s approach, and this trumpeter-vocalist can get a joint jumpin’ with his cabaret...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis: Four Classic Albums: Plus,Count Basie Presents/Very Saxy/Goodies From Eddie Davis/Callin’ The Blu

J.C. Higginbotham | Butch Ballard | Tiny Grimes | Charlie Rice | Arnett Cobb | Shirley Scott | Eddie Lockjaw Davis | Ray Bryant | Joe Newman | Osie Johnson

I believe that at least a couple of these albums may have already been reviewed individually in these pages by...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013

Sahib Shihab, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan: Swiss Radio Days Jazz Live Trio Concert Series

Peter Frei | Art Farmer | Peter Schmidlin | Clifford Jordan | Alex Bally | Sahib Shihab | Klaus Koenig

Volume 32 in this series coughs up two tracks apiece from Shihab and Farmer plus three from Jordan, all backed...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013

Slobber Pup: Black Aces

Joe Morris | Jamie Saft | Balasz Pandi | Trevor Dunn

Here are four heavy-hitters with intertwined musical lives that dip in and out of several weird by-waters, taking in collaborations...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2013

Lacuna: Talk on the Step

Steve Waterman | Lee Goodall | Dan Messore | Aidan Thorne | Ollie Howell

Former Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama student Dan Messore made a memorable impression last year with his debut...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2013

Gabriel Garrick Quintet: Sunlight

Sam Walker | Matt Ridley | Gabriel Garrick | Chris Nickolls | William Bartlett

Gabriel, son of the late Mike, stakes a claim to be his own man with this new quintet album (it’s...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2013

Oliver Nelson: Meet…/Main Stem

His arranging was so good, people forget that Nelson was a fine saxophonist, and jousting with Kenny Dorham or Joe...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2013

Memnon: Sound Portraits of Ibsen Characters

The avant-garde folk-art improvising duo of highly rated Norwegian pianist Helge Lien and eerie vocalist Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer is inspired...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Noordpool Orchestra: Radiohead, A Jazz Symphony

A 42-piece orchestration of hits and album tracks from (almost every) jazz musician’s pet rock band that’s impressive in its...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013