Charlie Parker: Complete Bird at the Bandbox

A newcomer to Bird would be puzzled by this rambling low-fi collection of airshot oddments — what's the fuss about?...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Julie London: Sings Latin in a Satin Mood

London's cool style doesn't sit as easily as it should with this collection of orchestral latin settings, so only for...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Anita O'Day: And The Three Sounds/Time for 2

In 1962, O'Day was in her best form, with maturity added to her earlier girlish charm: the trio with Gene...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Wayne Shorter: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

Billy Cobham | Rick Laird | Jan Hammer | Jerry Goodman | John McLaughlin

Another valuable Columbia box set of albums that are now getting harder to obtain in their original vinyl format. Shorter's...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Noah Preminger: Haymaker

This New York-based oblique tenor saxophonist's third CD, features a dynamic quartet including impressionistic guitarist Ben Monder....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Carmen McRae: Sings Lover Man and other Billie Holiday classics

Not a tribute, but a reinterpretation of Billie's repertoire, this was a classic McRae Columbia album, given a welcome reissue,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Anna Webber: Percussive Mechanics

This Canadian saxophonist-flautist focuses on stark percussion of both the tuned and un-tuned variety, on some understated contemporary chamber jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Youn Sun Nah: Lento

Xavier Desandre-Navarre | Vincent Peirani | Youn Sun Nah | Lars Danielsson | Ulf Wakenius

Following on from her previous releases Voyage (2009) and Same Girl (2010), Korean singer Youn Sun Nah's latest release ploughs...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2013

Møster!: Edvard Lygre Møster

Kenneth Kapstad | Kjetil Møster | Ståle Storløkken | Nikolai Eilertsen

Keyboardist Ståle Storløkken and bassist Nikolai Eilertsen work together in the trio Elephant9, and this new Norwegian quartet led by...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2013

Oscar Peterson: On The Town

Astonishing playing on this album first issued on Verve and recorded in Toronto with Ellis and Brown, but made well...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2013