Dave Young/Terry Promane: Octet Vol. 2

This cool-school Canadian octet, led by experienced bassist Dave Young and trombonist Terry Promane, offer easy going interpretations of tunes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Jen Shyu: Song Of Silver Geese

An award-winning vocalist, best known for her work with Steve Coleman, has a delicately organic approach to mixing up folk...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Patrick Shiroishi: Tulean Dispatch

Dedicated to the memory of Shiroishi’s grandparents, who were incarcerated at the Tule Lake internment camp during WWII, this cassette-only...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Jerve/Thornton/Thorén: Circumstances

A Norwegian pianist, Swedish drummer and British bassist unite to present their own compositions as well as those of Bill...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Steve Smith and Vital Information NYC Edition: Heart of the City

Mark Soskin | Andy Fusco | George Brooks | Vinny Valentino | Baron Browne | Steve Smith

The NYC version of Vital Transformation is an altogether more swinging, even boppish incarnation than the fusion feel often associated...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2018

Harold Danko: Triple Play

Jay Anderson | Harold Danko | Jeff Hirshfield

Harold Danko is one of those musicians whose international career has regularly brought him into sharp focus only for him...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2018

Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday Songbook

Danny Barker | Harry Edison | Bunny Berigan | Mal Waldron | Roy Eldridge | Tiny Grimes | Aaron Bell | Ken Kersey | Paul Quinichette | Joe Eldridge

This 2CD set is two entirely separate albums in one cover. The idea is to draw together all the songs...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2018

Roy Eldridge-Richie Kamuca Quintet: At The Half Note

Tommy Potter | Roy Eldridge | Richie Kamuca | Don Moore | Jimmy Witherspoon | Dick Katz | Eddie Locke

Following much high-profile work on the West Coast, notably with the large combos of Stan Kenton, Terry Gibbs and Shorty...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018

Collective X: Love & Protest

Dave Ital | Mark Sanders | Clemens Christian Potzssch | Orphy Robinson | Robert Menzel | Neil Charles | Alya Al-Sultani | Pat Thomas | Cleveland Watkiss | Joshua Idehen

Vocalist Alya Al-Sultani may currently have a relatively low profile on the UK jazz scene, but this new project Collective...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity: Live In Europe

Trummy Young | Bob McCracken | Sid Catlett | Marty Napoleon | Jack Teagarden | Cozy Cole | Barney Bigard | Louis Armstrong | Earl Hines | Arvell Shaw

Gard Nilssen is on an exclusive list of sought-after Norwegian alt-jazz drummers that would also include The Thing’s Paal Nilssen-Love....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020