Phil Woods: Four Classic Albums

A sister to the Three Classic Albums Plus reviewed in April this collects Woods material from 1956 to 1961 and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Jimmy Giuffre/Jim Hall Trio: Complete Studio Recordings

For once someone got the billing spot-on. Jim Hall wasn't employed just to strum the appropriate chords while Giuffre flitted...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

John Coltrane Quartet: The 1962 Graz Concert (Complete Edition)

Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

Coltrane's winter 1962 tour has yielded a large trove of classic material – 17 November, Paris (Pablo); 19 November, Stockholm...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2015

Bjørn Solli: Aglow: The Lyngør Project Volume 1

Bjørn Vidar Solli | Aaron Parks | Matt Clohesy | Ingrid Jensen | Bill Stewart | Seamus Blake

The thirty-something Norwegian guitarist Bjørn Solli wrote the tracks for this recording while temporarily residing in Lyngør, a small village...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Van Morrison: Duets

Lewis Wright | Kit Downes

Featuring 16 reworked songs from Van Morrison's capacious back catalogue, Duets sees the legendary singer-songwriter team up with 16 handpicked...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2018

Mandrill: Composite Truth/Just Outside Of Town

Carlos D. Wilson | Claude Cave | Sweet Lou Wilson | Omar Mesa | Fudgie Kae | Ric Wilson | Neftali Santiago

All hail Mandrill and this twoferone, which captures them in their prime. Their legacy lives on in endless samples culled...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Elina Duni Quartet: Dallëndyshe

Patrice Moret | Colin Vallon | Elina Duni | Norbert Pfammatter

I don't know much about Albanian jazz. But perhaps that doesn't matter much in the case of Elina Duni's Dallëndyshe...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2015

The Ben Cox Band: This Waiting Game

Adam Chatterton | Flo Moore | Will Glaser | Ben Cox | Jamie Safiruddin

It's always fascinating to hear the first fruits of a new musical collaboration, and this debut album from The Ben...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2015

Russell Malone: Love Looks Good On You

Gerald Cannon | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Willie Jones III

Malone is the natural successor to Wes Montgomery and George Benson, a guitar stylist whose limpid touch and unruffled command...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2015

Ernie Watts: Chariots of Fire

This is the commercial side of Watts, presented with relentless bad taste on Quincy Jones's label, and showing none of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015