Jaga Jazzist: Starfire

Even Ormestad | Martin Horntveth | Marcus Forsgren | Andreas Møjs | Erik Johannessen | Line Horntveth | Øystein Moen | Lars Horntveth

We live in a machine music age that's reached an increasingly polarised apotheosis. At one end ‘artists’ with barely a...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2015

JJ Johnson: Complete '60s Big Band Recordings

A really excellent package of Johnson's mid-1960s big band albums, packed with fresh and original arrangements by a selection of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2015

John Hollenbeck: Songs We Like A Lot

John Hollenbeck | Uri Caine | Kate McGarry | Theo Bleckmann | Gary Versace

Commissioned once again by the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, this follow-up to John Hollenbeck's Grammy-nominated 2013 album Songs I Like...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2015

Beady Belle: Songs From A Decade: The Best of Beady Belle

Beate S. Lech | David Wallumrød | Erik Holm | Jørn Øien | Marius Reksjø

Penning memorable, adeptly arranged songs and fronted by their charismatic co-founder, Beate S. Lech, Beady Belle are one of Norway's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2015

Benny Green: Live in Santa Cruz

The pianist Benny Green, an ex-Art Blakey Messenger, is still deep-rooted in the classic hard bop lineage and with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Dinah Washington: Complete Recordings with Don Costa

Dinah Washington

This is a hugely enjoyable 2CD set from Dinah Washington that brings together her collaborations with the conductor and arranger...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2015

Karin Krog & Steve Kuhn: Break Of Day

Lew Soloff | Steve Kuhn | Eric Alexander | Karin Krog

Norwegian singer Karin Krog and US pianist Steve Kuhn first met in the studio 41 years ago, on We Could...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2015

Dave Brubeck: Time Further Out

Joe Morello | Paul Desmond | Eugene Wright | Dave Brubeck

Time Further Out was Dave Brubeck's follow-up to his hugely successful Time Out, which explored varied time signatures and which...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015

Howard Shore/Ornette Coleman: Naked Lunch

Barre Philips | Denardo Coleman | Aziz Bin Salem | JJ Edwards | David Hartley | Ornette Coleman | London Philharmonic Orchestra

This release coincided with the momentous passing of Ornette Coleman. His hook up with film composer Howard Shore for David...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Oscar Peterson: Plays the George Gershwin Songbook

Fine playing by OP and the Thigpen/Brown trio, plus early Kessel/Brown tracks, but why buy this rather than the bargain...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2015