The Hot Sardines: French Fries + Champagne

This sassy gypsy swing band play show tunes, film themes and old blues and something a little more unpredictable: a...

Reviewed in issue August/2016

Stefano Bollani: Napoli Trip

The flamboyant Italian jazz pianist pays homage to Napoli in his inimitably colourful and high spirited style fronting a Neapolitan...

Reviewed in issue August/2016

Stefano Bollani: Arrivano Gli Alieni

Stefano Bollani

Bollani, who emerged from under the wings of Enrico Rava's ensembles and with whom he maintains an uncanny musical empathy,...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Stefano Bollani: Sheik Yer Zappa

Stefano Bollani | Josh Roseman | Jason Adasiewicz | Jim Black | Larry Grenadier

With a stellar band and the whole Zappa universe to choose from, expectations for this project come high. Bollani himself...

Reviewed in issue February/2015

The Hot Sardines

A veritable retro stab at an early small group jazz mix of hot New Orleans swing, jump jive, flapper jazz,...

Reviewed in issue February/2015

Molly Johnson: Because of Billie

Terry Clarke | Mike Downes | Molly Johnson | Robi Botos

A new recording from the great Canadian vocalist and JUNO Award-winner, Molly Johnson, is always cause for celebration. But her...

Reviewed in issue November/2014

China Moses & Raphaël Lemonnier: Crazy Blues

China Moses | Raphaël Lemonnier

Paying tribute to some of the grande dames of blues and soul, from the opening ‘Resolution Blues’ vocalist China Moses...

Reviewed in issue June/2013

Patricia Barber: Smash

Larry Kohut | John Kregor | Patricia Barber | Jon Deitemyer

Patricia Barber's Concord Jazz debut sees the vocalist, pianist and composer in the company of a new band and features...

Reviewed in issue May/2013

Louis Lester Band: Dancing on the Edge

Simon Gardner | Matthew Senior | John Parricelli | Dave Bishop | Paul Englishby | Martin Robertson | Chris Storr | Pat Clahar | Jay Phelps | Nick Moss

Composer Adrian Johnston's music for the Louis Lester Band, the fictional 1930s black British jazz band whose story was told...

Reviewed in issue April/2013

Ana Moura: Desfado

The fifth album from this new fado star has a set of compositions by contemporary Portuguese writers (and a Herbie...

Reviewed in issue April/2013