Teemu Viinikainen Trio: NYT

With his 1959 Gibson, this young Finn is a Wes Montgomery for the post-Hendrix era, and his raw, soulful trio...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Sir Roland Hanna: Solo Piano

Jean-Michel Pilc

A double CD set of the masterly pianist on good form in New York, Stockholm and northern France between 1973...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2015

Merritt Brunies: Complete Recordings 1924-6

The 17 rare sides by New Orleansv cornetist Brunies, are complemented by ten additional 1920s rarities....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

Roy Assaf: Respect Vol 1

Greg Hutchinson | Eric Alexander | Vanderlei Pereira | Roy Hargrove | Greg Gisbert | Reuben Rogers | Roy Assaf

The son of an Egyptian mother and Moroccan father, Roy Assaf, 30, is yet another highly gifted, classically trained musician...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2012

Esmond Selwyn: The Middle Half

Esmond Selwyn | Robin Jones | John-Paul Gard

Ringing with the sound of a bygone age steeped as this album is in the swing-into-bop mainstream jazz of the...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: May/2012

Linda Oh: Initial Here

Rudy Royston | Linda Oh | Jen Shyu | Fabian Almazan | Dayna Stephens

Initial Here is the second album from bassist Linda Oh: born in Malaysia, raised in Perth and now resident in...

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

Richard Galliano: Piazzolla Forever 20th Anniversary

Celebrating a 20th with a tenth anniversary live CD seems weird and the extra 2005 live DVD just adds to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Duke Ellington: Piano in the Foreground

The sister album to Piano in the Background, also recently reissued, focuses on Ellington's excellent trio playing from 1961, with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

Gary Burton: New Vibe Man in Town/Jazz Winds from a New Direction

Gary Burton | Joe Morello | Gene Cherico | Hank Garland | Joe Benjamin

Although he retired some two years ago from the teaching faculty of Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2012

Tom Rainey Trio: Camino Cielo Echo

Mary Halvorson | Tom Rainey | Ingrid Laubrock

This is the follow up to the idiosyncratic New York-based drummer Tom Rainey's long awaited debut recording Pool School from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012