Joanna Wallfisch: Wild Swan

A promising Guildhall postgraduate vocalist with a New York quartet featuring Sam Newsome and Joe Martin, but English in terms...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Sadao Watanabe: Open Road

Yoshio Suzuki | Syunzoh Ohno | Sadao Watanabe | Kohsuke Mine | Takehiro Honda | Hiroshi Fukumura | Fumio Watanabe

Around ten or 12 years ago, at the dawn of the 21st century, a whole rash of previously obscure, out-of-print...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012

Duke Ellington Orchestra: Big Bands Live

Chuck Connors | Cat Anderson | Rufus Jones | Harry Carney | John Lamb | Billy Strayhorn | Jimmy Hamilton | Raymond Fol | Mercer Ellington | Cootie Williams

Ellington's last European tour for Norman Granz had him sharing the bill with Ella Fitzgerald, but (apart from a long-gone...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2012

Stan Getz: Stan Getz At Large

Stan Getz | Jan Johansson | William Schiøpffe | Daniel Jordan

Musically, we probably know all that needs to be known about Stanley and his Scandinavian escapades. All good stuff, with...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2012

Eri Yamamoto Trio: The Next Page

Imitating the live situation of this piano trio's decade-long residency in Greenwich Village, this album covers a restrained meditative strand...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Ulysses Owens Jr.: Unanimous

Christian McBride | Michael Dease | Jaleel Shaw | Nicholas Payton | Ulysses Owens Jr. | Christian Sands

Criss Cross boss, producer Gerry Teekens really goes back to the label's roots with this no-nonsense, contemporary hard bop date....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012

John Abercrombie Quartet: Within a Song

Joey Baron | Joe Lovano | John Abercrombie | Drew Gress

“[ECM boss] Manfred Eicher and I had been talking for a while about doing an album that might pay homage...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2012

Joel Harrison/Lorenzo Feliciati: Holy Abyss

Lorenzo Feliciati | Roy Powell | Cuong Vu | Dan Weiss | Joel Harrison

Genre-defying New York based guitarist Joel Harrison has been a prolific yet unpredictable leader of recording projects of late. He...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Euan Burton: Occurrences

Ryan Trebilcock | Euan Burton | Will Vinson | Mark McKnight | James Maddren

As we all know, the contemporary Scottish jazz scene is rich in talent, but it boasts few more accomplished bassists...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2012

Susanna: Wild Dog

Kari Rønnekleiv | Emmet Kelly | Jeremy Gara | Susanna | Shahzad Ismaily | Jo Berger Myhre | Ole Henrik Moe

Susanna Wallumrød has created her own unique sound world, and although certain stylistic nuances associated with Solveig Slettahjell remain –...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012