Tommy Smith: Embodying The Light: A Dedication To John Coltrane

Pete Johnstone | Tommy Smith | Sebastian de Krom | Calum Gourlay

In the 1980s, Bob Brookmeyer controversially posited the question: “Was Charlie Parker Good for Jazz?” He argued that he wasn't,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2017

Tomasz Stańko: December Avenue

David Virelles | Tomasz Stańko | Reuben Rogers | Gerald Cleaver

Listening to the enigmatic Polish trumpet legend Tomasz Stańko is not something to be taken lightly. His mesmerising new album...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

The Valdimar Knutsson Four: Live at Ingvar's Place

Halli Smoggsson | Valdimar Knutsson | Jorund Thorbergsdottir | Hrolf Harvardasson

Ingvar's Place was a tiny Uppsala club, snuggled in a waterfront alleyway beside the Fyris River. It never attracted the...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: August/2017

Dick Hyman: Solo at the Sacramento Jazz Festivals 1983-88

Still going strong at the age of 90 at the time of writing, Hyman is one of the finest jazz...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017

Sidney Bechet: Bechet Souvenirs

Three LPs from French Vogue with Bechet and his European cohorts including Claude Luter and André Reweliotty, these have the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017

Aubrey Logan: Impossible

Being deemed “too jazzy” for Simon Cowell on American Idol is probably worth four stars at least, but the assuredly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Tom Hewson: Essence

Michel Camilo | Cliff Almond | Sharel Cassity | Raul Agras | Michael Dease | Ricky Rodriguez | Antonio Hart | Kali Rodriguez-Pena | Jason Jackson | Frank Basile

The ex-Trinity Laban, British jazz pianist Tom Hewson follows in the footsteps of both his mentor, the late great jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Peter & Will Anderson: Clarinet Summit

Kenny Washington | Will Anderson | Ken Peplowski | Paquito D'Rivera | David Wong | Peter Anderson | Tardo Hammer

Here's the Danish-owned SteepleChase label dipping into the current New York swing scene rather than pursuing its more usual hard-bop...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2017

McCandless/Taylor/Balducci/Rabbia: Evansiana

Paul McCandless | Pierluigi Balducci | John Taylor | Michele Rabbia

This lovely set was recorded shortly before the death of John Taylor in July 2015, and it's entirely fitting that...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2017

John Coltrane: Blue Train + Lush Life

Albert Heath | Donald Byrd | Earl May | Curtis Fuller | Paul Chambers | Kenny Drew | Lee Morgan | John Coltrane | Art Taylor | Louis Hayes

In the past 20 years, there have been several reissues of this classic on its original Blue Note label including...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2017