Nat ‘King’ Cole: Four Classic Albums

This is Cole in transition from singer/ leader of his trio (represented here on the Penthouse Serenade album, making the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Mark Soskin: Upper West Side Stories

Jay Anderson | Mark Soskin | Adam Nussbaum

Soskin last appeared on Steeplechase with his acoustic trio album Hearts And Minds (see Jazzwise 224), which was quietly impressive....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2018

John Horler: Free and Easy

Rightly admired for his previous work with John Dankworth/Cleo Laine and visiting Americans such as Chet Baker, the veteran pianist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Cyrille Aimeé: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

This well-loved French vocalist is a charismatic, fl exible interpreter of a wide-ranging repertoire on this ‘live’ album drawing from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Henry Threadgill: Double Up, Plays Double Up Plus

David Virelles | Stephanie Richards | Liberty Ellman | David Bryant | Jonathan Finlayson | Jacob Garchik | Christopher Hoffman | Curtis Robert Macdonald | Jose Davila | Christopher Craig Weinrib

Two offerings from the masterful composer in a rich vein of form that demonstrate his ability to still draw newness...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2018

Album Interview: Émile Parisien: Sfumato Live in Marciac

Wynton Marsalis | Vincent Peirani | Simon Tailleu | Émile Parisien | Mário Costa | Michel Portal | Joachim Kühn | Manu Codjia

If jazz is the art of the improviser, then this album embodies it. With its exceptional level of creativity, intuitive...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2018

Metamorphic: The Two Fridas

Leeds-based pianist Laura Cole's 10-year-old octet delivers its third album, a double set, which proposes looselycomposed pieces as a jumping-off...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Narada Michael Walden: Looking at You, Looking at Me/The Nature of Things/Divine Emotion

Charting the ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer's odyssey from jazz to disco and back again, this is actually a fascinating document of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Ramsey Lewis: Legacy/Ramsey/Live at the Savoy/Chance Encounter

This picks up the Lewis story from 1978-82, the highlight being the live Savoy session (his first non-studio recording for...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Travis & Fripp: Between the Silence

Theo Travis | Robert Fripp

Beautifully packaged and sensibly priced (to you, guv, a tenner), this bumper package of three concerts over three CDs is...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018