Eric Alexander: The Real Thing

Joe Farnsworth | Eric Alexander | Pat Martino | John Webber | Harold Mabern

Despite going on at some length about doing 14 takes (in fairness, including false starts) on the title track of...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Thomas Strønen: Time is a Blind Guide

Ole Morten Vagan | Lucy Railton | Håkon Aase | Kit Downes | Steinar Mossige | Thomas Strønen | Siv øyunn Kjenstad

Coinciding with a new ECM release by his co-led improvising electronic-orientated duo Food, the leading Norwegian percussionist/drummer Thomas Strønen goes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Mark Pringle: A Moveable Feast

Mark Pringle | Percy Pursglove | Ben Lee | Euan Palmer | James Banner | Lucy French | Alicia Gardener-Trejo | Sarah Farmer | Megan Jowett | Christine Cornwell

The title originates from an Ernest Hemingway quote about Paris, the city in which the 24-year-old Birmingham-based pianist Mark Pringle...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Clark Terry – Bob Brookmeyer Quintet: The Complete Studio Recordings

Hank Jones | Bill Crow | Roger Kellaway | Bob Brookmeyer | Dave Bailey | Clark Terry | Bob Cranshaw

A match made in heaven? More likely a recording studio where for a time both Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Step it Up

Influenced by the modal jazz, blues and funk grooves of the 1960s and 70s, smooth star keyboardist Jeff Lorber and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Niescier/Jensson/McLemore: Broken Cycle

Scott McLemore is a drummer whose just released a top notch recording with Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs on the same...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

John Taylor Quartet: 2081

Alex Taylor | John Taylor | Leo Taylor | Oren Marshall

With John Taylor's recent, sudden and unexpected death, this posthumously released album has a considerable weight of anticipation riding on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2015

Tiffany Austin: Nothing But Soul

A zestful, mainstream R&B/jazz influenced young singer from Northern California focuses on the songs of the great songwriter Hoagy Carmichael...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Sarah Vaughan: Live in Tokyo

Leroy Williams | Sam Jones | Barry Harris

Recorded at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, in September 1973, this twofer documents the inimitable Sarah Vaughan at the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2016

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express feat Alex Ligertwood: Live In Los Angeles

Les King | Alex Ligertwood | Brian Auger | Yarone Levy | Karma Auger

While the Back To The Beginning anthology, also issued by the same label, provides an excellent overview of the rich...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015