Etta James: Time after Time/Mystery Lady

A pair of 2-LP on one CD collections out again in tribute to the late Etta James, of which Mystery...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

Martin Kershaw: The Howness

A steely, yet at times, sweetly lyrical Scottish-based contemporary avant bop saxophonist in New York with a quartet featuring longtime...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Toufic Farroukh: Cinéma Beyrouth

A stimulating jazzy retake of film soundtracks made in Beirut by a saxophonist and his improvising collective....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Juju: Chapter Two: Nia

Plunky Nkabinde | Phil Branch | Babatunde | Ngoma Ya Uhuru | Simbo | Al-Hammel Rasul | Lon Moshe

The recent visit of The Pyramids to British shores served as a timely reminder of just how joyously affirmative Afrocentric...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2012

Gene Quill: The Tiger: Portrait of a Great Alto Player

From bop to ballads this is a fine collection of live and studio small group sessions by the man who...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

Mark Murphy: Rah/Hip Parade

Wynton Kelly | Mark Murphy | Jimmy Cobb | Bill Evans | George Duvivier | Clark Terry

This outstanding Mark Murphy twofer pairs Rah, recorded for Riverside in 1961, with his second album for Capitol, Hip Parade,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2012

John Coltrane: “Live” At The Village Vanguard

Eric Dolphy | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | Reggie Workman | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

If you want to be reminded that 1961 was a great year for jazz, you only have to look at...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012

Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Shoot!

Ellen Brekken | Ivar Joe Bjørnstad | Hedvig Mollestad Mollestad

There's been something of a trend for guitar trios coming out of Scandinavia in recent years. First, Scorch Trio blew...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2012

Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and other Billie Holiday Classics/Carmen McRae

Norman Simmons | Walter Perkins | Carmen McRae | Nat Adderley | Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis | Bob Cranshaw | Mundell Lowe

This magnificent reissue from Essential Jazz Classics includes not only Carmen McRae's tribute to the great Lady Day – her...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2012

Charlie Wood: Lush Life

Stan Sulzmann | Nikki Iles | Dave Holland

Charlie Wood's seventh album Lush Life is his second release on the Memphis-based independent label, Archer Records, following his 2009...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2020