Cécile McLorin Salvant: WomanChild

Aaron Diehl | Rodney Whitaker | Cécile McLorin Salvant | James Chirillo | Herlin Riley

This recording from the winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, Cécile McLorin Salvant, is one of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2013

Jeremy Pelt: Water and Earth

Ra-Re Valverde | Roxy Coss | Fabiana Masili | David Bryant | Burniss Earl Travis | Frank Locrasto | Angela Roberts | Jeremy Pelt | Dana Hawkins | Frank LoCrasto

Jeremy Pelt's latest CD turns from the free-flowing exuberance of his highly-praised acoustic quintet to a loose-limbed keyboard-heavy jam featuring...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2013

Various Artists: Jazz from London 1957

Tubby Hayes | Jimmy Skidmore | Bert Courtley | Lennie Bush | Ken Wray | Bill Eyden | Dill Jones | Hank Shaw

A real rarity, this one, a collectors' item that goes far enough back into British modern-jazz history to defeat even...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2013

Elis Regina: Original Album Series

Toots Thielemans | Bill Evans | Elliott Zigmund | Marc Johnson | Eddie Gomez | Larry Schneider | Joe LaBarbera

The best of the great Brazilian singer from four albums (one a double) reissued by her original label as a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2016

Drew Gress: The Sky Inside

Tim Berne | Ralph Alessi | Tom Rainey | Drew Gress | Craig Taborn

Drew Gress has been a leading go-to bassist sideman over the past two decades in New York experimental jazz circles,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Soft Machine Legacy: Burden Of Proof

John Etheridge | Theo Travis | John Marshall | Roy Babbington

All hail to these vets of jazz and prog rock, we can only salute you. The most obvious expression of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2013

Roger Beaujolais: Mind The Gap

Winston Clifford | Robin Aspland | Simon Thorpe | Oli Savill | Roger Beaujolais

In a world of ever-shifting musical and political sands, there's something reassuring about Beaujolais' up-tempo, swinging sounds. Although...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2013

Gilberto Gil: Original Album Series

Toots Thielemans | Bill Evans | Elliott Zigmund | Marc Johnson | Eddie Gomez | Larry Schneider | Joe LaBarbera

Gilberto Gil is a Brazilian – nay, a world – icon for a reason, and if ever one needed the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2016

China Moses & Raphaël Lemonnier: Crazy Blues

China Moses | Raphaël Lemonnier

Paying tribute to some of the grande dames of blues and soul, from the opening ‘Resolution Blues’ vocalist China Moses...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2013

Harvie S: Witchcraft

The Texan double-bassist is in polished, relaxed duo with the high pedigree post-bop pianist Kenny Barron here performing standards and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014