Warren Vaché: Ballads and Other Cautionary Tales

Houston Person | Warren Vaché | John Alldred | Leroy Williams | Richard Wyands | Neal Miner | Tardo Hammer

Vaché is in the form of his life right now and happily, is recording regularly for Arbors, and in good...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2012

Tony Fruscella/Brew Moore: 1954 Unissued Atlantic Session

Light-swinging mainstream from the short-lived trumpeter and Lester-ish saxophonist, mainly on the blues, is rewarding, despite an out-of-tune piano....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Charlie Rouse/Julius Watkins: Complete Jazz Modes Sessions

Tenor meets French horn in this collection of the five original albums by the Jazz Modes quintet, that really assert...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Chet Baker: At The Salt Peanuts Club, Cologne 1981

Dennis Luxion | Jon Eardley | Chet Baker | Bob Mover | Rocky Knauer | Burkhart Ruckert

It has long been a given that there are hundreds of live European performance tapes in existence by Mis'tah Chet....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2012

The Blue Notes: Before The Wind Changes

Chris McGregor | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Johnny Dyani | Dudu Pukwana

Even relatively ropey engineering – Dyani's bass is reduced to little more than a whisper when the ensemble is at...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2012

Wallace Roney: Home

Eduardo Delgado Lopez | Caspar Brötzmann | Danny Longman

This is at times an emotionally exhausting but extremely impressive recording. Though he's recently been experimenting with a larger ensemble,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2020

Dave and Don Grusin: One Night Only!

Two super smooth bruvs in a rare piano duet live in Munich take to rather bland Fabulous Baker Boys barroom...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Steve Tromans/JJ Wheeler: Blue Room

Birmingham-based acoustic pianist Tromans and drummer Wheeler in a spontaneous, very minimal standards set....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Quantic & Alice Russell: Look Around The Corner

Brighton-based Quantic with Columbian ensemble Combo Bárbaro join singer Alice Russell for hearty latin-R&B grooving....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Larry Vuckovich: Somethin' Special

Larry Vuckovich | Scott Hamilton | Noel Jewkes | Paul Keller | Chuck McPherson

The Montenegrin-born pianist Vuckovich (now a US citizen) has been a luminary of the San Francisco scene since the 1990s,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2012