Cormac Kenevy: Turning Skies

Formerly a Candid label artist, this understated Dublin-born MOR jazz vocalist dips into a fairly interesting repertoire for his third...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Sarah Vaughan: The Early Years 1944-48

This early period of Vaughan’s work has often been covered in previous compilations, but this one is as good as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Rainbow Gravity

Scott Petito | David Sancious | Warren Bernhardt | David Spinozza | Bashiri Johnson | Rachel Z | Chris Pasin | Jack DeJohnette | Bob Mintzer | Simon Phillips

You can’t deny Petito his passion for all things 1970s on this jazz fusion retro fest: he hasn’t just assembled...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

John Coltrane: Trane Meets The Tenors 1956-57

Jimmy Cobb | Wilbur Harden | Paul Chambers | John Coltrane | Red Garland

At his peak John Coltrane shared the bandstand with just two saxophonists, Eric Dolphy and Pharaoh Sanders. But when he...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019

Various Artists: Our Sense of Jazz_01

Oddgeir Berg Trio | Karl Seglem | Helge Lien Trio | Tom Arthurs | Martti Vesela

Record samplers may often be imperfect – the way someone else chooses to illustrate a particular genre or label may...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019

Allan Holdsworth, I.O.U: Live in Japan 1984

Allan Holdsworth | Paul Williams | Chad Wackerman | Jimmy Johnson

Released in 1997 without Holdsworth’s permission – it led to a huge falling out with Williams – this is a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

Hecky Oppdahl and his Lapps of Luxury: Santa Claus is Coming to Swing!

Hecky Oppdahl

OK, this is a first-rate swing outfit. They play nice, they play tight, the ensemble work is good and the...

Reviewed by J.J. Geiger in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Lorraine Baker: Eden

Liam Noble | Paul Michael | Lorraine Baker | Binker Golding

“I have always admired the dance-like quality of [Ed] Blackwell’s playing and his strong sense of melody,” explains drummer, percussionist...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Various Artists: Jazz City UK Volume 2:The Jam Sessions

Dick Morrissey | Roy Crimmins | Bruce Turner | Mick Pyne | Randy Colville | John Barnes | Harvey Weston | Digby Fairweather | Peter King | Humphrey Lyttelton

Jim Simpson’s Big Bear Agency first conceived and has continued to organise the British Jazz Awards, the presentations in earlier...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Kim Myhr: Pressing Crowds Passing Clouds

Oslo-based 12-string acoustic guitarist-composer Kim Myhr’s compositions, commissioned for the 2016 FIMAV festival in Quebec, is slowly evolving music of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019