Joe Clark Big Band: Lush

The Chicago trumpeter's 18-piece ensemble (that features drummer Jeff Hamilton) conjures up a mix of noir-ish nocturnal moods and classy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Johnny Pisano/Billy Bean: Makin' It/Take Your Pick

Guitar duets in pretentious settings may have their fans, but this is a worthy project that has dated badly, and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

The Ben Riley Quartet: Grown Folks Music

A veteran master of hard bop drumming shows that a lazy or snappy groove is all you need to make...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

West Hill Blast Quartet: Blast No 1

Andy Pyne | Dan Spicer | Gus Garside | Ron Caines

Disclosure number one: Daniel Spicer, here contributing bamboo saxophone among other outré delights, is not only also a member of...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2013

Coleman Hawkins: Desafi nado/Bluesy Burrell

Manny Albam | Major Holley | Kenny Burrell | Ray Barretto | Eddie Locke | Coleman Hawkins | Tommy Flanagan

Tenorist Coleman Hawkins was an interesting and unique figure in jazz. He was among a whole generation of Swing Era...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2013

Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball's Bossa Nova

Originally a Riverside release, and supplemented here with some Atlantic tracks, this is Adderley's summit meeting with Sergio Mendes, the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Wes Montgomery: Full House - The Complete Session

Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Wes Montgomery | Johnny Griffin

Realising that there's gold in them thar Wes Montgomery vaults, EJC have come up with a bunch of outtakes and...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2013

Lionel Beuvens: Trinité

Brice Soniano | Kalevi Louhivuori | Alexi Tuomarila | Lionel Beuvens

The brilliant young Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila studied jazz piano at the Brussels Conservatory and remained on the Belgian scene...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2013

Stefano Battaglia Trio: Songways

Salvatore Maiore | Roberto Dani | Stefano Battaglia

There is a certain unaffected dignity about this swift follow-up to the trio's earlier outing, The River of Anyder. Battaglia...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: May/2013

Sarah Jane Weston: Hey Love

This singer hails from Surrey but doesn't play it safe as your typical localised standards singer might, and it's an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013