Johnny Griffin/Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Frank Tusa | Badal Roy | Richie Beirach | Jeff Williams | Dave Liebman

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Eliot Zigmund: Time Was

The unsung veteran New York native drummer’s straightahead quartet takes the sensuous route on a quality set of interpretations ranging...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Andrew Bain: Embodied Hope

Michael Janisch | Andrew Bain | Jon Irabagon | George Colligan

You write a ballad and think it’s going to provide the quiet spot in the midst of a symbolism-laden suite...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2018

King Crimson: Sailors’ Tales

Ian Wallace | Tony Levin | Mel Collins | Peter Sinfield | Ian McDonald | Michael Giles | Keith Tippett | Mark Charig | Greg Lake | Robert Fripp

The Crims have featured several eye-catching line-ups, but even their most one-eyed fan (that’ll be me then) would struggle to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2018

Nordic Circles: Under the Clouds

A Scandinavian sextet, featuring chilled Brazilian/folk-roots vocalist Siril Malmedal Hauge and ECM guitarist Jacob Young, doesn’t quite live up to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

The Nick Page Quintet: The Isle of Wight Suite

The old Colonel’s Isle of Wight neighbours are led by a well-thought-of guitarist-composer, Nick Page, who’s worked with Alan Skidmore...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Dinah Washington and Quincy Jones: The Complete Sessions

Urbie Green | Barry Galbraith | Paul Quinichette | Milt Hinton | Wynton Kelly | Jerome Richardson | Jimmy Cobb | Joe Newman | Osie Johnson | Billy Byers

Before he moved on to other things, Quincy Jones’ big band arranging of the late 1950s was seldom surpassed, particularly...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Joanna Wallfisch: Blood & Bone

Pablo Menares | Brian Sanders | Wayne Tucker | Joanna Wallfisch | Tomoko Omura | Allyson Clare | Elias Meister | Jared Engel | Jesse Elder | Kenneth Salters

The CD cover shots of the young London-born, NY based singer-songwriter Joanna Wallfisch projects an image that appears more sombre...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Barry Altschul & The 3Dom Factor: Live In Kraków

Joe Fonda | Jon Irabagon | Barry Altschul

This third album from the trio The 3Dom Factor, led by onetime Braxton and Sam Rivers drummer Barry Altschul, is...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2018

Eyebrow: Strata

Pete Judge | Chris Vine | Paul Wigens

Get the Blessing trumpeter Pete Judge is doing similarly interesting, approachable work with fellow Bristolian Paul Wigens. Their fifth Eyebrow...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2018