Stan Getz: Four Classic Albums: Fourth Set

Bob Brookmeyer | Charlie Byrd | Stan Getz | Herb Ellis | Clark Terry | Doc Severinson | Jim Hall | Connie Kay | Oscar Peterson | J.J. Johnson

Avid again, and another of their ‘classic albums’ twosomes, their fourth by Getz. This one is a little more variedly...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2020

Pharoah Sanders: Journey To The One

Ray Drummond | Pharoah Sanders | Bobby McFerrin | Ngoh Spencer | Dickerson | John Hicks | Yoko Ito Gates | Idris Muhammad | Donna | Vicki Randle

Although his 1970s Impulse! recordings are rightly held in the highest regard, Sanders still had much to say in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2020

Zara McFarlane: Songs of an Unknown Tongue

Zara McFarlane

Musically, lyrically, conceptually, in any number of ways Zara McFarlane's fourth studio album Songs of an Unknown Tongue is a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2020

Azat Bayazitov: The Door Is Open

Azat Bayazitov | Boris Kozlov | Adam Rogers | David Kikoski | Samvel Sarkisyan

The St. Petersburg-based Rainy Days label launched in 2018 with a mission to present the vibrancy of current Russian jazz....

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2020

Orquesta Failde: Failde Con Tumbao

Lucio Carriera | Yerlanis Junco | Roldany Hernández | Adrián Peña | Omara Portuondo | Wilbert Tarajano | Alejandro Falcón | Rey Manuel Silveira | Mario Rodríguez, | Andy Cantera

Orquesta Failde is a Havana-based group blessed with God-given talent and state-nurtured skill and fired by a passion for danzón...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2020

Jim Rattigan's Pavilion: The Freedom of Movement

Sarah Williams | Percy Pursglove | Mark Nightingale | Martin Speake | Andy Panayi | Hans Koller | Mick Foster | Steve Fishwick | Robbie Robson | Jim Rattigan

French horn isn't one of the quintessential jazz instruments, but Jim Rattigan is a good enough player, composer and leader...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2020

Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead: Legacy Holder

Taber Gable | Matt Dwonszyk | Mar Vilaseca | Andrew Renfroe | Godwin Louis | Jonathan Barber

Having gigged with stars such as Erykadh Badu, Buster Williams and Kurt Elling, and picked up good press for his...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2020

Lettuce: Resonate

Tyrone Williams | Ryan Zoidis | Adam Deitch | Indrajit Bannerjee | Eric Bloom | Erick Coomes | Nigel Hall | Tony Fisher | Adam Smirnoff

Busmen's holidays for session men sometimes pay off (see Toto), and this band of R&B and hip-hop backroom boys and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2020

Oscar Jerome: Breathe Deep

As a graduate from Trinity and the hip young South-east London scene, the Gil Scott-Heron-influenced young singer-songwriter-guitarist from up-and-coming Afrobeat...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds: The Jazz-Funk Collection

Donald Byrd | Joe Hall | Kevin Toney | Barney Perry | Fonce Mizell | Larry | Keith Kilgo | Chuck Rainey

Donald Byrd's career as a progressive musician willing to move with the times as well as an educator who was...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2020