Clarence Penn: Dali in Cobble Hill

Adam Rogers | Clarence Penn | Chris Potter | Ben Street

Clarence Penn doesn't seem to do many record dates these days, possibly because he works regularly with Dianne Reeves, which...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013

Various Artists: Head Radio Retransmissions A Tribute To Radiohead

Mah/Goodman Quartet | Buzzie | Joe Deninzon Trio | Vince Mendoza | Ali Neander | Givovanni Guidi | McCarron Brothers | Stephen Norfleet | Taylor Haskins | Devil's Workshop Big Band

Jazz loves Radiohead: big hitters like Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter and notably Robert Glasper have all cut versions of 'Head...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2013

Igor Gehenot Trio: Road Story

Teun Verbruggen | Igor Gehenot | Sam Gerstmans

Albums like this don't come around very often. Maybe once every 10 or 15 years. And when they do it...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013

Chris Higginbottom: Where Land Ends

Mike Outram | Tom Cawley | Chris Higginbottom | Robin Mullarkey

Drummer Chris Higginbottom studied on a scholarship at the New School in New York in 2002 and thereafter stuck around...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Dave Manington's Riff Raff: Hullabaloo

Tim Giles | Dave Manington | Tomas Challenger | Rob Updegraff | Brigitte Beraha | Ivo Neame

Singer Brigitte Beraha became a fifth member of the bassist-leader Dave Manington's new band Riff Raff following a successful performance...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

The Jasper Blom Quartet: Gravity

A stimulating plus entertaining slice of contemporary rock-powered jazz from Dutch saxophonist Blom and a band including fine guitarist Jesse...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Conrad Herwig: A Voice Through the Door

Orrin Evans | Ralph Bowen | Donald Edwards | Conrad Herwig | Kenny Davis

This is the kind of album that could easily be overlooked, yet, of its kind, it's as good as it...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013

Konrad Wiszniewski/Euan Stevenson: New Focus

Michael Janisch | Betsy Taylor | Konrad Wiszniewski | Alina Bzhezhinska | Jacqueline Speirs | Ian Budd | William Chandler | Euan Stevenson | Alyn Cosker

Stan Getz and Eddie Sauter's 1961 sax-and-strings extravaganza, Focus, is one of the most beloved jazz recordings of all time,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2013

Miles Davis: Original Album Series

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

Included here is Davis' Parthian shot for a major label, the final five studio albums he made for the Warner...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2016

Marilyn Moore: Moody/Oh Captain

Even more like Billie than 1950s Abbey Lincoln, Moore's voice uncannily conjures up Lady Day, but without her perfect pitching...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013