Brian Auger: Language of the Heart

Franck Ballofet | Phil Bunch | Julian Coryell | Brian Auger | Savannah Auger | Andre Manga | Jeffrey ‘Skunk’ Baxter | Karma Auger | Remi Kabaka

Lummy, Venice, California must be a fab place. It has certainly kept Auger and family in a peace-and-love groove for...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Legends Live/Liederhalle, Stuttgart

Roy McCurdy | Nat Adderley | Cannonball Adderley | Victor Gaskin | Joe Zawinul

Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley wasn't the first jazz player to be confronted with the realisation that success can be a double...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2012

Catherine Sykes: Something Wonderful

A Peggy Lee/Ella admirer with a nice tone but un-persuasive in her lyrical treatment of familiar American songbook classics and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Pete Zimmer: Prime of Life

The Wisconsin-born drummer-composer's quartet features saxophonist George Garzone and guitarist Peter Bernstein and is a reliably rock-solid exercise in post-bop....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-ding-ding and I Remember Tommy

Frank Sinatra | Johnny Mandel

You won't find Sinatra mentioned in many books on jazz. Indeed, for over the past 50 years, whether or not...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2012

Kate McGarry: Girl Talk

Clarence Penn | Keith Ganz | Reuben Rogers | Kate McGarry | Gary Versace

For her fifth release on Palmetto Records, vocalist Kate McGarry pays homage to her jazz heroines, ranging from Betty Carter...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012

TG Collective: Release The Penguins

Holly Jones | Percy Pursglove | Tom Chapman | Sam Slater | Jamie Fekete

This follow-up to their 2005 album Who Ate All The Tapas? sees the original Trio Gitano expanding into a collective...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012

Piero Odorici: Cedar Walton presents Piero Odorici

Piero Odorici | David Williams | Willie Jones III | Cedar Walton

Whenever veteran pianist Cedar Walton comes to Europe – and there's generally a tour every summer – he likes to...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012

Masabumi Kikuchi Trio: Sunrise

Bjørn Kjellemyr | Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen | Egil Fossum | Kari Bremmnes | Aage Kvalbein | Ketil Bjørnstad | Matias Bjørnstadt

Patience is a virtue for this Japanese veteran meditative jazz pianist's trio that's notable for being his last with the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Usonic: Diversion

Scott Firth | Marc Guillermont | Sarah Ozelle | Miles Bould | Robert Mitchell | Nigel Hitchcock

Based around the Bould/Firth rhythm axis, Usonic are unabashed about describing themselves as a full on fusion band, drawing deep...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012