Tournesol

A young London-based, drummerless trio in tranquil mood. Notable for the rare appearance on record of cool Greg Osbylike relative...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Larry Goldings: In My Room

Jacob Collier

Some albums change the world, some change your mind, and others stay close to your heart, like a love letter....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016

John Coltrane: Coltrane Plays The Blues

Steve Davis | Hank Jones | Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Connie Kay | Coltrane | Milt Jackson | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

The last time this was reissued was in Rhino's no-frills Original Album Series box (Jazzwise 158), complete with miniaturised liner-notes,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012

Count Basie: Chairman of the Board

New release of the much-reissued 1958 Roulette album by the Atomic era Basie band, this is one of the essential...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Original Album Series

Toots Thielemans | Bill Evans | Elliott Zigmund | Marc Johnson | Eddie Gomez | Larry Schneider | Joe LaBarbera

It's hard to escape Jobim's legacy in the jazz world today, or in the wider musical world, for that matter....

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2016

Bob Sheppard: Close Your Eyes

Former Freddie Hubbard multi-reeds sideman shows his classy yet exploratory post-bop nature with a band that includes drummer Antonio Sánchez...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Rodrigo y Gabriela: Area 52

John Tempesta | Carles Benavent | Samuel Formell Alfonso | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Anoushka Shankar | Le Trio Joubran

This Mexican acoustic rock duo has gone from busking on the streets of Dublin to selling out cavernous venues everywhere...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2012

Barry Romberg's Random Access: World Creativity/Unplugged Live

Two releases by drummer Barry Romberg of an angular fusion flavour with funk and Caribbean rhythmic asides, the second starring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Steve Lacy and Don Cherry: Evidence

Billy Higgins | Wynton Kelly | Dennis Charles | Don Cherry | Carl Brown | Steve Lacy | Buell Neidlinger

Great to have this seminal Lacy album available again, especially as it's paired with his Soprano Sax album with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

Hampton Hawes: All Night Session 1-3

A complete reissue in every detail of the 2007 Definitive version of this album, with Hawes at his bluesy best...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012