Lauren Sevian: Bliss

Christian McBride | Alexa Tarantino | Robert Rodriguez | Lauren Sevian | E.J. Strickland

Lauren Sevian's second album as a leader highlights the throughregister control, throaty warmth and impressive fluency that have marked her...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2018

Julian Argüelles: Tonadas

Sam Lasserson | James Maddren | Julian Argüelles | Ivo Neame

Premier UK saxophonist-composer Julian Argüelles has been in inspired form throughout a prolific period of recording this past decade. He...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Hilde Marie Holsen: Lazuli

Hilde Marie Holsen

Norway's Hilde Marie Holsen creates bewitching soundscapes using her trumpet and an array of electronics. She compares her work to...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2018

Georges Arvanitas Quintet: Sessions 1960-1961

This dynamic quintet is at its best on the Timmons, Powell and Rollins repertoire, with flugelhornist Bernard Vitet and tenorist...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2018

Dakota Staton: Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

This collection focuses on the more intimate side of Dakota's work, with Ballads and the Blues, Softly and 'Round Midnight...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Mike Westbrook: Starcross Bridge

Mike Westbrook

Wait 40 years for a solo piano recording from Mike Westbrook, then, stone me, two come along virtually at once....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2018

Peggy Connelly: Hollywood Sessions

In her mid-twenties, Connelly was in the Sinatra circle – briefly his girlfriend – which opened doors for her to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2018

Hubert Nuss: Standards and Other Stories

As the title makes plain, the experienced Cologne-based Nuss’ contemporary piano trio tackles the Great American Songbook - highlighted by...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Anthony Joseph: People Of The Sun

Kyle Miles | Charles Haynes | Greg Tate | Akie Bermiss | Mitch Henry | Pharoah Monch | Marcus Strickland

Formidable multi-tasker Anthony Joseph – British-Trinidadian bandleader, poet, academic, novelist, more – went back to the source to realise this...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Feb/2019

Barre Phillips: End To End

Barre Phillips

The indefatigable 83-year-old legend has made solo bass sets a key component of his discography, consistently exploring the format since...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2018