Ted McNabb: ...and co.

Ted who? McNabb was the entrepreneur who paid for this all–star big band to make a dazzling but forgotten album...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Chuck Israels: It's Nice To Be With You

Israels and Clausen are long time friends as well as collaborators and this is reflected in the easeful intimacy of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Vinicius Cantuária: Indio de Apartamento

Olivier Glissant | Bill Frisell | Vinicius Cantuária | Liminha | Norah Jones | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Mário Laginha | Jesse Harris | Dadi

Vinicius Cantuária is a titan of Brazilian music, and one of its most maverick. A move to New York in...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Jasper van't Hof: Oeuvre

Harry Sokal | Fredy Studer | Stefan Neldner | Jasper van't Hof

The Dutch pianist Jaspar van't Hof is probably best known to UK audiences through his association with the band Pork...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Ernestine Anderson: The Complete 1947 -1958

Ernestine Anderson

Featuring just under two hours of Ernestine Anderson's exquisite phrasing and remarkably sustained melodic lines, this superb 2-CD set is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Graham Dechter: Takin' It There

Another hard bop schooled LA-based guitarist in a quartet set of swinging modern jazz standards featuring Israeli pianist Tamir Hendelman....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Various Artists: Jazz On Film: Beat, Square & Cool

Leith Stevens | Gerry Mulligan | Freddie Redd | Johnny Mandel | Shorty Rogers | Stan Getz | Billy Strayhorn | Franz Waxman | Charles Mingus | André Previn

Going on with the flow from last year's 5-CD box set of jazz-based Film Noir soundtracks, Jazzwise's film music chauffeur...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Randy Weston: Solo, Duo And Trio In A Modern Mood

Wilbert Hogan | Sam Gill | Randy Weston | Art Blakey

Though initially the Riverside label concerned itself with reissuing classic recordings by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Album Interview: Walter Norris & Leszek Mozdzer: The Last Set: Live at the A-Trane

Leszek Mozdzer | Walter Norris

When Walter Norris died last year aged 79 the few obituaries that ran referred to the fact that the US...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Gary Burton Quartet: In Concert

Norma Winstone | John Taylor

Today, Burton's persona as a distinguished former jazz educator and a master statesman of the vibes tends to overshadow his...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019