Marco Marconi Trio: Nordik

An assured UK debut for an Italian pianist with a trio of Italian expats based on the London jazz scene...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Barney Wilen: 1954-1961

A towering talent in French jazz, if you don't know Wilen's work, then this is the place to start, anthologising...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2015

Funk Off: Things Change

Emiliano Bassi | Andrea Pasi | Nicola Cipriani | Alessandro Suggeli | Paolo Bini | Mirco Rubegni | Luca Bassani | Raul Midon | Dario Cecchini | Avery Sunshine

As the likes of Hot 8, Hypnotic and Youngblood have shown over the past decade or so, the brass band...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2015

Billie Holiday: Lady Love: Live in Basel 1954

Red Mitchell | Elaine Leighton | Billie Holiday | Red Norvo | Buddy deFranco | Jimmy Raney | Sonny Clark | Bobby Tucker | Buddy DeFranco | Carl Drinkard

This set of Billie Holiday singing in Basel on 4 February 1954 – during her first European tour – was...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015

Benny Goodman: Three Classic Albums Plus

The two-volume Goodman in Moscow set is the core of this collection, plus tracks from 1958-60, and it is good...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Various Artists: Famous Door Ace Guitarists

Three LPs from the old Progressive label re-released in a box set featuring Howard Alden, Lloyd Ellis and Cal Collins...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2015

Paolo Fresu & Daniele di Bonaventura: In Maggiore

Paolo Fresu | Daniele di Bonaventura

It's all about the grain of the sound on this disc from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura....

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2015

Lem Winchester: Four Classic Albums

Two of the albums here, with Ramsey Lewis and Oliver Nelson have fairly recently appeared on other labels (reviewed here...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Metheny/Garbarek/Burton/Colley/Gottlieb/McCandless/SWR Big Band: Hommage á Eberhard Weber

Gary Burton | Paul McCandless | Jan Garbarek | Eberhard Weber | Danny Gottlieb | Mike Gibbs | Helge Sunde | Scott Colley | Pat Metheny

This would be a significant release if only for the presence of a major new composition from Metheny. The fact...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015

Ella Fitzgerald: Rhythm Is Our Business

Ella's 1951-52 collaborations with organist/arranger Bill Doggett were rather hit and miss – not so this fabulous 1962 Verve session...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2015