Siobhan Lamb: Meditations

Seb Pipe | Pete Ibbetson | Nick Pini | Will Butterworth

Classically trained flautist and composer Siobhan Lamb clearly enjoys mixing her sources and inspirations, as is demonstrated in these two...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2017

Barney Kessel and Hampton Hawes: Quartet/Quintet

Only just behind Poll Winners lies Kessel's collaborations with Hawes, of which Four! (included here) is the standout album in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Helge Lien: Kattenslager

Helge Lien

Kattenslager marks the solo debut of the award-winning pianist in a series of nine spontaneously conceived pieces. One of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2012

Oscar Peterson: Live in Zurich April 1960

Widely bootlegged, this is the official high quality release from Swiss Radio of the Brown/Thigpen trio's famous Swiss concert in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Monica Dominique/Palle Danielsson: Togetherness

A Swedish pianist (ex-member of 1970s proggers Solar Plexus) pairs up with her younger well-known bassist brother, for a Bill...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Duke Ellington Legacy: Single Petal of a Rose

Virginia Mayhew | Houston Person | Tom Di Carlo | Nancy Reed | Norman Simmons | Sheila Earley | Noah Bless | Jami Dauber | Edward Kennedy Ellington II | Paul Wells

Mayhew, Simmons and Ellington (the Duke's grandson) run this Legacy band between them with Simmons as chief arranger. Mayhew is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2012

Maynard Ferguson/Chris Connor: Double Exposure/Two's Company

The cool vocals of Connor backed by Ferguson and his early-1960s band is a killer combination – Maynard either shooting...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Harold Land: The Fox

Harold Land | Elmo Hope | Leon Petties | Martin Banks | Frank Butler | Dupree Bolton | Herbie Lewis | Clarence Jones | Amos Trice

Over the years, a certain degree of controversy has followed in this album's slipstream, which was recorded three years after...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2012

Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet: Samba Jazz – Jazz Samba

An excellent bit of drumming from a leader with Brazilian roots and a quintet featuring fine New York-based Israeli multi...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Lund Quartet

Rob Childs | Simon Adcock | Sam Muscat | Jake Wittlin

It's easy to hear the so-called ‘Bristol sound’ in Lund Quartet's music. From the 1990s onwards, their hometown became famous...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2012