Stuart McCallum & Mike Walker: The Space Between

Mike Walker | Stuart McCallum

Here's a gentle gift from two of our more accomplished string fellows. McCallum, one time of Cinematic Orchestra, largely lends...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017

Billy Hart & The WDR Big Band: The Broader Picture

Rob Bruynen | Frank Chastenier | Billy Hart | Karolina Strassmeyer | Johan Hörlen | John Marshall | Jens Neufang | Paul Heller | Paul Shigihara | Andy Hunter

We've grown used to albums by this super-competent radio band featuring guest soloists, one of the most recent being Ron...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2017

Ralph Burns: Four Classic Albums Plus

The Burns quartet with Jimmy Raney is not nearly as well known as it should be, and here their 2LPs...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

King Crimson: On (and off) The Road

Adrian Belew | Tony Levin | Robert Fripp | Bill Bruford

Ah, the bliss of Crimson. Of course this was never meant to be King Crimson, but a new allegiance, Discipline,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017

Takuya Kuroda: Zigzagger

A Lee Morgan-influenced, Japanese-born New York-based trumpeter making a thoroughly contemporary album that takes its cues from J Dilla beats,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Florence Joelle: Life Is Beautiful If You Let It

The Eartha Kitt-influenced, London-based French singer Florence Joelle clearly knows her stuff and carries off her seductive brand of folky-rooted...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Trygve Seim: Rumi Songs

With Tora Augestad singing the poetry of 13th century mystic Jelaluddin Rumi, the euro-jazz Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim has done...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

David Sancious and Tone: True Stories/Just As I Thought

David Sancious | Jeff Berlin | T.M Stevens | Eve Otto | Gail Boggs | Alex Ligertwood | Ernest Carter | Kabir Ghani | Brenda Madison | Gerald Carboy

The precociously talented Sancious is probably best known for his teen years in the early Springsteen bands; when he went...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017

Clark Terry/Bob Wilber: Blowin' The Blues Away

Dick Wellstood | Dave Bailey | Wendell Marshall | Billy Strayhorn | George Duvivier | Clark Terry | Bob Wilber | Ozzie Bailey | Duke Ellington | Panama Francis

The original album of this title was a single LP of Clark and Bob with Wilber's old sidekick Dick Wellstood...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2017

Jerry Bergonzi: Spotlight On Standards

Renato Chicco | Andrea Michelutti | Jerry Bergonzi

The standards put under the Jerry Bergonzi spotlight vary from American songbook warhorses like ‘Witchcraft’ and ‘Stella By Starlight’ to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2017