Chet Baker: Big Band

Dennis Luxion | Riccardo Del Fra | Chet Baker | Nicola Stilo

Once he was cut loose from Pacific Jazz and left to fend for himself (mainly) in Europe, there was absolutely...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2015

James Clay: The Kid From Dallas

The kind of package Fresh Sound does well, collecting the output of a lesser-known tenor player into an informative set...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2015

Randi Tytingvåg: Three

Massimo Biolcati | Ferenc Nemeth | Lionel Loueke

The Norwegian vocalist Randi Tytingvag demonstrates a warm, attractive tone throughout her acoustic trio's set of mainly covers that have...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Wild Card: Organic Riot

Lili Lonvheva | Sophie Alloway | Jerome Harper | Natalie Williams | Clement Regert | Graeme Flowers | Roberto Manzin | Joao Caetano | B'loon | Andrew Noble

Wild Card and their amenable, danceable, brassy funk are driven largely by Regert's spicy guitar and held safe in Alloway's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2015

Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath/Ethan Iverson/Ben Street: Philadelphia Beat

Ethan Iverson | Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath | Ben Street

For creative use of canonical repertoire, and as a showcase for the younger brother of Jimmy and Percy, the Philly...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2015

Fabled: Fabled EP

Sam Rapley | Alex Munk | Matt Robinson | Will Glaser | Conor Chaplin

The reedsman Sam Rapley, a fairly recent Royal Academy of Music postgraduate, gives us just a small taster on a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Ornette Coleman: Beauty Is A Rare Thing

Billy Higgins | Eric Dolphy | Freddie Hubbard | Ed Blackwell | Jimmy Garrison | Don Cherry | Jim Hall | Scott Lafaro | Charlie Haden | Ornette Coleman

All of Ornette's classic Atlantic material has now been made available many times over but this reissued and repackaged collection...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015

Dave Brubeck: Bossa Nova USA

Joe Morello | Paul Desmond | Gene Wright | Dave Brubeck

The classic Brubeck Quartet in 1962 with one of its most acclaimed discs, this is a good value reissue with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Steve Khan: Tightrope/The Blue Man/Arrows

Rick Marotta | Jeff Mironov | Steve Khan | Bob James | Randy Brecker | Steve Gadd | David Spinozza | Michael Brecker | Errol Bennett | David Sanborn

A three-for-one package covering Khan's Columbia years and his debut recordings as a solo jazz-rock guitarist. But Khan was no...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2015

Leïla Olivesi: Utopia

A French-Mauritian pianist-singer leads a band with Brazilian and electric jazz influences with the extra star for the performances of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015