George Cables: The George Cables Songbook

Craig Handy | Sarah Elizabeth Charles | Essiet Essiet | Victor Lewis | Steven Kroon | George Cables

There is a classiness about George Cables' music that sweeps everything before it. Any niggles feel petty. The 71-year-old pianist...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: February/2017

Anita Kerr: Five Classic Warner Brothers Albums

Middle-of-the-road pap with a saccharine orchestra and the gooey syrup of the Anita Kerr singers, this bears some relationship to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2017

Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Brazilian Jazz

Victor Assis Brasil | Nomade Orchestra | Iconili | Bixiga 70 | Thiago Franca | Dom Salvador | Tassia Reis

A longtime Brazil-o-phile, DJ, advogado and raconteur John Armstrong knows his Carlos Jobim from his Eddie Cano. He also knows...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2017

Nigel Price Organ Trio: Heads & Tales Volume 2

Vasilis Xenopoulos | Ross Stanley | Matt Home | Alex Garnett | Nigel Price

Price is a latter-day phenomenon, both as a jazz guitarist of great significance and as a bandleader renowned for his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2017

Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brötzmann | Ricardo Miranda | Tojo Rodrigues | Paulo Gonçalves

When the sax throne set out by Portuguese sludge merchants Black Bombaim became vacant earlier this year sagacity dictated the...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: February/2017

Geir Sundstøl: Langen Ro

Geir Sundstøl | Martin Langlie | Martin Windstad | David Wallumrød | Erik Sollid | Erland Dahlen | Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen

Norwegian guitarist and exotic instrument hound Geir Sundstøl settles in for a solo sophomore suite mapping out cinematic regions of...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: February/2017

Schlippenbach Trio: Warsaw Concert

Paul Lovens | Alexander von Schlippenbach | Evan Parker | Alexander Von Schlippenbach

One of the great – and most enduring – improv trios on mind-bendingly fine form. Schlippenbach is also known for...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: February/2017

Tower of Power: Bump City/Tower of Power (Expanded Edition)

Lenny Pickett | Skip Mesquite | Chester Thompson | David Garibaldi | Emile Castillo | Steven Kupka | Mic Gillette | Greg Adams | Francis Rocco Prestia | Lenny Williams

Here's a funk fest from the vaults, the legendary Tower's first two albums on Warner's in a neat 2CD package....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017

Nicolas Meier: Infinity

Jonathan Blake | Adam Cruz | Charles Altura | Mark Turner | Tom Harrell | Ben Street

You know what you're going to get with Nic Meier, and, since his time alongside Jeff Beck, he's grown in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2019

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & Whatsnext?: Resolution

This Turkish multi-instrumentalist's series of orchestral pieces is influenced by his native folk music and a few 1970s progressive jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017