Antonio Farao: Eklektik

Didier Lockwood | Marcus Miller | Manu Katché | Fabiana Rosciglione | Krayzie Bone | Snoop Dogg | Dario Rosciglione | Luigi Di Nunzio | Antonio Farao | Enrico Solazzo

Italian pianist Farao's career to date has seen him swing hard with the likes of Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Jack...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2017

Gerald Cannon: Combinations

Gerald Cannon | Steve Slagle | Will Calhoun | Rick Germanson | Duane Eubanks | Russell Malone | Jeremy Pelt | Sherman Irby | Willie Jones III | Gary Bartz

It's been 14 years since highly respected veteran bassist Cannon brought out an album under his own name. You probably...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2017

Vilde & Inga: Silfr

The absorbing follow-up to the Sidsel Endresen-mentored Norwegian violin-double bass duo's ECM 2015 debut Makrofauna offers a minimalist-classical soundscape poised...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

George Colligan: More Powerful

Linda May Han Oh | Nicole Glover | Rudy Royston | George Colligan

The pianist George Colligan brings with him a wealth of experience from playing on the New York scene since first...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Paul Rutherford/Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience

Paul Rutherford | Sabu Toyozumi

In 1999 Paul Rutherford travelled to Japan to play with local drummer Sabu Toyozumi – previous guests in the drummer's...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: July/2017

Sloth Racket: Shapeshifters

Cath Roberts | Sam Andreae | Anton Hunter | Johnny Hunter | Seth Bennett

Sloth Racket have put in a lot of hours – both on the road and in the studio – since...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2017

Clarence Daniels: Hard Workin'

A 1960s big band from the West Coast in the R&B, jazz and jump-jive arena, Daniels' band and its vocalists...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2017

Sandro Zerafa: More Light

As well as a founder member of the Paris Jazz Underground Collective and long-time Malta Jazz Fest director, the guitarist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Herbie Mann: Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

Two sextet albums with fellow flautist/tenorist Bobby Jaspar from March 1957 are the highlight here, the later nonet and live...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Jonne Taavitsainen Threedom: Leap of Faith

Eric Alexander | Johnathan Blake | Doug Weiss

A pretty persuasive set by this low-key, drummer-led pastoral jazz trio from Finland, highlighted by guitarist Joel Parvamo's tenderly imaginative...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019