WorldService Project: For King & Country

Tim Ower | Arthur O'Hara | Dave Morecroft | Raphael Clarkson | Harry Pope

Phew, fasten the seatbelts you're in for a bumpy ride. Burning enough jazz power to illumine a decent– sized city,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2016

Andy Jaffe Nonet + 4: Arc

Marty Jaffe | Jonathan Barber | Andy Jaffe | John Clark | Kris Allen | Tom Olin | The Interestring Quartet | Bruce Williamson | Wallace Roney | Jimmy Greene

The rhythmic and textural flavours of Jaffe's brass, strings and rhythm project range from the gentle waltz of the opening...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2016

Bill Evans: Some Other Time: Lost Session from the Black Forest

Bill Evans | Jack DeJohnette | Eddie Gomez

The surprise discovery of a studio session by this unique trio means that, instead of just the famous live album...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Live in Cuba

Carlos Henriquez | Ryan Kisor | Yaroldy Abreu Robles | Pancho Terry | Dreiser Durruthy Bambolé | Dan Nimmer | Joe Temperley | Victor Goines | Chris Crenshaw | Wynton Marsalis

The stated mission of the J@LCO is “to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2016

Andreas Loven: District Six

This Norwegian-born pianist has extensive experience playing music in South Africa, and the easy-going roots-y ambience he creates with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: The BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2 & Volume 3

Kenny Napper | Dave Lindup | Stan Palmer | Johnny Dankworth | Tony Russell | Derrick Abbott | Laurie Monk | Kenny Wheeler | Rom Snyder | Dickie Hawdon

Volume One in this series of transcription discoveries was reviewed in our May 2015 issue. As before, these two further...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2016

Alice Zawadzki & Dan Whieldon: Lela

Rosa Campos Fernandez | Alice Zawadzki | Dan Whieldon

Catholic song selection from Handel to Coltrane, and Carl Raven’s superbly intimate, ringingly atmospheric recording confirm Zawadzki’s fine vocal talent....

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2016

Bruce Torff: Down the Line

This fusion-lite, Chicago-born keyboardist's quintet features the sturdily eloquent saxophonist Joel Frahm and the recently departed trumpeter Lew Soloff, probably...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

The John Lake Trio: Wave of Translation

Led by the pianist-composer John Lake, this Brighton-based piano trio come from R&B, pop, classical and fusion roots with special...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Grant Green: The 1961 Summer Sessions

Grant Green | Ben Dixon | Wilbur Ware | Yusef Lateef | Kenny Drew | Jack McDuff | Ben Tucker | Al Harewood

It was Elvis Presley’s corrupt dollar-grabbing manager Colonel Tom Parker who reasoned that why sell something once when it was...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016