Vince Ector Organatomy Trio+: Theme for Ms P

Vince Ector | Bruce Williams | Paul Bollenback | Pat Bianchi

Drummer and educator Vince Ector’s fourth album as a leader introduces his Organatomy organ trio and revisits his Philadelphian past....

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2020

Vula Viel: What's Not Enough About That?

Koo Nimo | Peter Zummo | Ruth Goller | Jim Hart | Bex Burch

Vula Viel is a quest as much as a band: Bex Burch’s attempt to answer the fundamental human questions revealed...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2020

According to the Sound: Prism-a-Ning

James Morton | Otto Hashmi | Mike Rodriguez | Adam Parry-Davies | Adam King | Gary Alesbrook | Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Jake Goldbass | Patrick Case | Sam Shotaka

Hailing from Birmingham and Bristol respectively, the keyboardist Adam Parry-Davies and guitarist-programmer Patrick Case went through a long, rigorous process...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Moanin'

Benny Golson | Lee Morgan | Jymie Merritt | Bobby Timmons | Art Blakey

There’s no Blakey album more renowned or beloved than his Blue Note Moanin’ and, apart from anything else, it’s the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2020

Bill Laurance Trio: Live At Ronnie Scott's

Jonathan Harvey | Bill Laurance | Marijus Aleksa

Generously, Snarky Puppy keyboardist Bill Laurance dedicates this beautifully-recorded (perhaps it’s a tad too pristine – a bit more of...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2020

Sarah Thorpe: Deep Blue Love

This young lounge-y singer-songwriter combines originals and vocalised instrumental standards by Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny but the performances don’t...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Chet Baker: Chet: The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker

Russ Freeman | Shelly Manne | Jack Montrose | Johnny Mandel | Chet Baker | Shorty Rogers | Bud Shank | Zoot Sims | Joe Mondragon | Marty Paich

The plethora of Chet Baker reissues continues and each of these releases has something to commend it, although the bonus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2020

The Underflow

David Grubbs | Rob Mazurek | Mats Gustafsson

Though recorded live in Athens, Greece – at the Underflow Record Shop And Art Gallery, thus gifting the project its...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2020

Oded Tzur: Here Be Dragons

Petros Klampanis | Nitai Hershkovits | Johnathan Blake | Oded Tzur

Producer Manfred Eicher has produced many albums for his ECM label that are now regarded as jazz classics over the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2020

Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow: Life Goes On

Andy Sheppard | Carla Bley | Steve Swallow

As the whimsical determination that has propelled Carla Bley’s 60-year career edges her into her 80s, neither her productivity or...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2020