Aaron Novik: Secrets Of Secrets

Jessica Ivry | Willie Winant | Ben Goldberg | Alisa Rose | Dina Maccabee | Adam Theis | Jamie Dubberly | Lisa Mezzacappa | Henry Hung | Aaron Novik

It's not hard to see why this project got the thumbs up from Tzadik boss and Secrets Of Secrets executive...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2012

Ulrik/Koppel/Balke/Danielsson/Riel: The Adventures of a Polar Expedition

A top of the range Scandinavian supergroup plays a series of tone poem suites in tribute to polar region exploration...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Lorenzo Feliciati: Frequent Flyer

Lorenzo Feliciati | Ron Mastelotto | Roy Powell | Paulo La Rosa | Cuong Vu | Jose Fiorilli | Patrick Djivas | Andrea Di Cesare | Daniele Gottardo | Bob Mintzer

A kind of companion piece to Naked Truth's Shizaru, this project is very much bass man Feliciati's, evident from cuts...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith: Celebration

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith | Arild Andersen

Bassist Arild Andersen's critically acclaimed trio with Tommy Smith on saxophone has toured extensively and recorded for ECM – Live...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012

Paul Booth: Trilateral

Paul Booth | Matt Brewer | Andrew Bain | Ross Stanley | Clarence Penn | Adriano Adewale | Phil Robson

Dante, TS Eliot, er, Jesus: they all found 33 a most creative age, so why not Paul Booth? This, his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Hank Crawford: More Soul/The Soul Clinic

David ‘Fathead’ Newman | Phil Guiibeau | John Hunt | Bruno Carr | Hank Crawford | Edgar | Leroy Cooper | Milt Turner

Overlooked by modern players but a formative infl uence on David Sanborn and many other soul-jazz saxophonists, this Tennessee altoist...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2012

Jessica Lauren: Four

Airy club (though acoustic) grooves from a nu-jazz pianist with latin percussion inflections and contributions from gospel-ish soul vocalist Jocelyn...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Lloyd Ryan Big Band: Drivin' Force

Ryan, who taught drums to Phil Collins, arranges energetic big band charts (with bop-based jazz stalwarts Matt Wates and Steve...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

George Crowley Quartet: Paper Universe

Kit Downes | James Maddren | George Crowley | Calum Gourlay

And the young lions keep coming, Crowley's quartet dates back to student days when all four attended the Royal Academy...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Shirley Horn: Embers And Ashes/Where Are You Going

Harry Saunders | Joe Benjamin | Al Gafa | Shirley Horn

For fans of Shirley Horn's superslow ballad singing, Christmas has come early in the form of this digitally remastered twofer....

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012