Paul Smith: Trio and Quartet

A great accompanist to Ella and others, this album puts the spotlight on Smith himself, and he does not disappoint,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

David Virelles: Mboko

David Virelles | Roman Diaz | Robert Hurst | Marcus Gilmore | Thomas Morgan

It would be unfair to burden the young Cuban pianist with pressurising hyperbole but he has all the makings of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Grant Green: Nigeria

Grant Green | Sonny Clark | Sam Jones | Art Blakey

I'm suddenly beginning to feel a distinct kinship with The Flying Dutchman. While he was doomed to forever sail the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland: The Art of Conversation

Dave Holland | Kenny Barron

These two giants got to the top early, Barron being 19 when he arrived with Gillespie, and Holland coming up...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Miles Davis + 19: Miles Ahead

Miles Davis | Gil Evans

You could reprint most of the Round About Midnight review above, and it would be equally relevant to this. Four...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Erik Honoré: Heliographs

Norway's answer to Brian Eno mixes alt. pop-electronica and contemporary classical for his eerily hypnotic debut alongside contributions from vocalist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Jerome Sabbagh: The Turn

The Stan Getz-favoured French tenor saxophonist was the last horn sideman of the late Paul Motian, and this quartet featuring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Simon Purcell: Red Circle

Liane Carroll | Simon Purcell | Steve Watts | Gene Calderazzo | Chris Batchelor | Julian Siegel

Seriously, when you've been involved in making and teaching music for as long as Simon Purcell, can you really call...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Ketil Bjørnstad: A Passion for John Donne

Birger Mistereggen | Håkon Daniel Nystedt | Håkon Kornstad | Ketil Bjørnstad | Oslo Chamber Choir

A Passion for John Donne was premiered live in 2012 at the Sofienberg church in the Oslo hometown of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Shirley Horn: At The Gaslight Square 1961

This live concert, making its first appearance on CD, finds Horn at her early-period best, singing with a full vocal...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015