Greg Lamy: Observe The Silence

This Luxembourgish guitarist serves up an innocuous yet agreeable brand of mellow fusion with his bass-drums trio, alongside special guest...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021

Jeremy Monteiro, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash: Live at No Black Tie Kuala Lumpur

Jeremy Monteiro

Known as ‘Singapore's King of Swing’, Jeremy Monteiro brought top New Yorkers Anderson and Nash out to his hometown...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Scott DuBois: Summer Water

DuBois’ chiming ambient-rock solo guitar shifts from mellow to melodically stormy in the third in a series of programmatic albums...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021

Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: This Is Latin Jazz

Charlie Sepúlveda

Recorded at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center just before the pandemic struck, this album was intended, as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2021

Wild Bill Davis: The Wild Bill Davis Collection

Wild Bill Davis

Just how much fun can you squeeze into a couple of silver discs? A lot! Davis needs no intro here,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2021

Red Nichols & His Five Pennies: The Red Nichols Collection 1926-32

Red Nichols

Acrobat's 93-track compilation of Nichols sides recorded for Brunswick as the Five Pennies and as the Charleston Chasers for Columbia...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Ananasnna: Veloci Come In 500

Electric bass/two drums/two altos line-ups aren’t exactly common, but this Italian outfit under the leadership of Stefano Risso produce some...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2021

Various Artists: Swinging On A Star: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen

Henry Allen

The sheer volume of Jimmy Van Heusen's songwriting has always been impressive, but this carefully-compiled and beautifully-remastered 2-CD pack, with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2021

Al Hibbler: The Singles Collection 1946-59

Al Hibbler

Annotator Paul Watts points out that this 75-track selection of vocalist Hibbler's singles is just that, a selection. Given that...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Tomoko Omura: Branches Vol. 2

This Japanese NYC-based violinist has engaged with both jazz and classical traditions previously but explores her homeland's folk song/culture in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021