Marcus Printup: Gentle Rain

Marcus Printup | Riza Printup

Husband-and-wife duos are rare enough in jazz – but one that teams trumpet with harp must be unique. For the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020

Henri Texier: Chance

Vincent Le Quang | Gautier Garrigue | Sebastien Texier | Manu Codjia | Henri Texier

One of France's greatest living musical artists, let alone jazz musicians, Henri Texier has consistently aimed high and pushed boundaries...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Jerry Bergonzi: Nearly Blue

Renato Chicco | Andrea Michelutti | Jerry Bergonzi

Jerry Bergonzi is the opposite of a showy player, but on his recent releases, the American's mastery of the tenor...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2020

Various Artists: An Easy Introduction to Jazz: Top 18 Albums

Gerry Mulligan | Max Roach | Thelonious Monk | Chet Baker | Billie Holiday | Sonny Rollins | Stan Getz | Miles Davis | Count Basie | Bill Evans

Although aimed at the neophyte – and minus what the booklet introduction calls ‘rough sounds’ – this handy box set...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: June/2020

Zoöphyte: Signs of Life

Sophie Alloway | Nick Mills | Vasilis Xenopoulos | Ross Stanley | Will Fry | Graeme Flowers | Rob Luft | Andrew Cleyndert | Kitty Whitelaw | Peter Jones

Although released as a band recording, this is very much a vehicle for Peter Jones' talents: as well as his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2020

Connie Han: Iron Starlet

Ivan Taylor | Bill Wysake | Connie Han | Jeremy Pelt | Walter Smith III

Going by just appearance, you might mistake the 24-year old pianist Connie Han for a glamorous female classical crossover artist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

A Northern Code: Boundaries

A trio, led by Bergen-based, Scottish-born guitarist Andrew Robb, stretches the boundaries of form in a session combining a spacey,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

I Like to Sleep: Daymare

Amund Storløkken Åse | Nicolas Leirtrø | øyvind Leite

Young musicians can soar with a rising current of innovation beneath their wings, playing direct and instinctive music, if not...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: June/2020

Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster: Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

Herb Ellis | Oscar Peterson | Coleman Hawkins | Alvin Stoller | Ray Brown | Ben Webster

It's a somewhat rare phenomenon these days for a classic jazz album to be reissued by its copyright ‘owners’. The...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2020

Vincent Courtois: Love of Life

A stylishly leftfield French trio of cellist Courtois, ex-London based saxophonist Robin Fincker and Daniel Erdmann pays tribute to the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020