Etta Jones: So Warm/From The Heart

In the 1960s, Jones was Billie Holiday-lite; Oliver Nelson’s busy arrangements reinforce this, a shame because there’s fine singing amid...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2013

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio/Whit Dickey: The Edge

Mathew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Whit Dickey | Michael Bisio

Ivo Perelman’s name is the first on each disc but the other musicians in his two quartets and duet stand...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013

Sex Mob: Plays Fellini (The Music of Nino Rota)

Steven Bernstein’s downtown quartet Sexmob have been missed since their last studio recording in 2005, and they make their earthy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Poogie Bell Band: Suga Top

The main sticksman for Marcus Miller for nearly two decades has a monster-size backbeat and this incisive set, mixing funk,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Magog

Andy Scherrer | Peter Frei | Peter Schmidlin | Hans Kennel | Paul Haag | Klaus Koenig

Swiss sextet, Magog, first made a splash at the Montreux Festival in 1973, with an hour-long set incorporating open stretches...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2013

Marc Cary: For the Love of Abbey

Marc Cary

The soulful pianist Marc Cary is a long time New York resident who has worked with everyone from high-level American...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Michael Dease: Coming Home

This 30-year-old Wycliffe Gordon-mentored ’bonist has a quintet of Christian McBride (Dease plays in his big band), performing a post-bop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Barbara Morrison: A Sunday Kind of Love

A west coast charismatic veteran big band singer’s debut on the east coast’s Savant label leans heavily on her R&B...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

The 208 Rhythm Club Vol.4: Alex Welsh & His Band

Archie Semple | Alex Welsh | Roy Crimmins | Billy Reid | Lennie Hastings | Terry Pitt | Fred Hunt

Vocalion have lately come across a cache of Radio Luxembourg 208 broadcasts that aired in 1961 and 1962, which just...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2013

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver: Serendipity

Mathew Shipp | Ivo Perelman

Ivo Perelman’s name is the first on each disc but the other musicians in his two quartets and duet stand...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013