Enrico Pieranunzi & Thomas Fonnesbæk: Blue Waltz

Thomas Fonnesbæk | Enrico Pieranunzi

Blue Waltz captures the Italian maestro in relaxed mood in duo with Thomas Fonnesbæk, the Danish bassist who has been...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Felix Blume: Death In Haiti: Funeral Brass Bands And Sounds From Port Au Prince

Blagueur Ti Batau | Maestro Turenne | Maestro Ronald | Maestro Midouin | Maestro Walter

Jean Toussaint's ‘Mandingo Brass’, a highlight of his excellent gig at Ronnie Scott's last month, was a timely reminder of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018

Ana Silver: Oracles

The London-based contemporary alt.folk singer-songwriter comes over like Kate Bush without that siren's pop sensibilities, favouring a cathartic tone and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Onyx Brass: Onyx Noir

Andrew Sutton | David Gordon-Shute | Niall Keatley | Alan Thomas | Amos Miller

Compared to the kind of all-brass groups pumping out rasping brass onslaughts and crowd-pleasing old-time grooves, Onyx Brass is a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Bob Holz: Visions: Coast To Coast Connection

Every track apart from the opener starts with a tedious reverb-y fill by the leader-drummer Bob Holz (ex-Larry Coryell band)...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

McCoy Tyner: Today and Tomorrow

Jimmy Garrison | Frank Strozier | Butch Warren | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones | Tootie Heath | John Gilmore | Thad Jones

With the discovery of lost material from John Coltrane’s classic quartet circa 1963 causing a stir recently, it’s worth casting...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2018

Matt Anderson Quartet: Rambling

Jay Davis | Nick Malcolm | Owen Dawson | Matt Anderson | Will Harris | Aubin Vanns | Peter Lee

Young saxophonist Matt Anderson won the Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition in 2017 and you can hear why. The writing...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: August/2018

Frank Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours

The highlight of the Sinatra/Nelson Riddle collaboration, cut for Capitol in 1954-55, this is the epitome of the ballad-singing Frank,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2018

Marc Sinan/Oðuz Büyükberber: White

Oðuz Büyükberber | Marc Sinan

Guitarist Marc Sinan and clarinetist pareddown yet still highly-expressive palette on this duo recording. The titles declare a tight-lipped allegiance...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2018

George Russell: Four Classic Albums

This is a key collection of four of Russell’s finest albums: Jazz in the Space Age, George Russell Sextet in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020