Joëlle Léandre & Elisabeth Harnik: Tender Music

Elisabeth Harnik | Joëlle Léandre

This debut duo recording from Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik and veteran French doublebassist, Joëlle Léandre, is aptly named. There's a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2018

Oscar Peterson and Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story

Norman Granz's four LPs to showcase Astaire's laid back vocals are all included here, with Peterson's sextet featuring Charlie Shavers...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2018

Simon Nabatov String Trio: Situations

The strikingly virtuosic Russian pianist Nabatov partners the viola player Gareth Lubbe and ex-FIRE Collective cellist Ben Davis in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Art Blakey/Duke Jordan: Les Liaisons Dangereuses + Des Femmes Disparaissent

Sonny Cohn | Benny Golson | Clark Terry | Tommy Lopez | Lee Morgan | Charlie Rouse | Jymie Merritt | Eddie Khan | Duke Jordan | Johnny Rodriguez

With the recent release on Sam Records of Thelonious Monk's music for Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (as the film was...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2019

Django Reinhardt: Essential Electric

It's disingenuous to suggest that Django's later electric guitar recordings are lesser known, and claiming his Ellington collaborations as “previously...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018

Jan Hammer: Oh, Yeah?

Fernando Saunders | David Al Johnson | Stephen Kindler | Jan Hammer | Tony Smith

Hammer in a period of transition, post-Mahavishnu, pre-Jeff Beck and the 1980s pay dirt of Miami Vice. So, no surprise...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2018

Martin Archer + Engine Room Favourites: Safety Signal From A Target Town

The veteran Sheffield-born saxophonist-composer's acoustic 10-piece (including vibraphonist Corey Mwamba and drummer Johnny Hunter) do a feisty job on some...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy and Bess

Billy Kyle | Trummy Young | Ella Fitzgerald | Barrett Deems | Edmond Hall | Dale Jones | Louis Armstrong

Never absent from the reissue lists for long, this Ella-Louis collaboration remains a considerable achievement for both principals as well...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2018

Liran Donin's 1000 Boats: 8 Songs

Ben Brown | Liran Donin | Josh Arcoleo | Chris Williams | Maria Chiara Argirò | Ranjana Ghatak

Led Bib's lyricism can be lost in their reputation for attack. Their bassist Liran Donin, though, is all melody and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2018

Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk's Dream

Max Roach | Thelonious Monk | Sonny Rollins | John Ore | Gary Mapp | Frankie Dunlop | Charlie Rouse | Ernie Henry | Oscar Pettiford

The original album of eight tracks was Monk's first for the Columbia label, after being signed to work with producer...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2018