Samuel Eagles Quartet: Next Beginning

Eric Ford | Ralph Wyld | Ferg Ireland | Samuel Eagles

The ‘F-IRE presents’ series is a nice way of getting to know some of the emerging talents associated with the...

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

Louis Armstrong: Young Satchmo

Yes, Louis was a great player, and singling out his best work as a sideman underlines that, but this album...

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

The Jazz Crusaders: Complete Live At The Lighthouse ‘62

Joe Sample | Stix Hooper | Victor Gaskin | Wayne Henderson | Wilton Felder

Even before they dropped ‘Jazz’ from the front of their name, this band of Texans were a big deal. Along...

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

Phil Haynes: No Fast Food

A McDonalds-free 2-CD live session served up by a versatile percussionist's trio with big guns for company, in Dave Liebman...

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

Trio 3 + Vijay Iyer: Wiring

Andrew Cyrille | Oliver Lake | Vijay Iyer | Reggie Workman

The Lake-Workman-Cyrille ensemble is proving to be a stellar contemporary supergroup, evolving periodically by way of the addition of a...

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

Medeski, Scofield, Martin, Wood: Juice

John Scofield | Billy Martin | John Medeski | Pedrito Martinez | Chris Wood

Few may have predicted that the loose alliance of a guitar heavyweight and the jam band heroes would flourish, but...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Julie London: Your Number Please/…at Home

Andre Previn's arrangements are a bit OTT on the first of these two albums, but all is redeemed by the...

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

Karen Lane Organ Project: Two Steps from the Blues

John Hoare | Karen Lane | Dominic Ashworth | Pete Whittaker | Nic France

Inspired by one of Lane's key influences as a jazz singer, Sarah Vaughan's 1963 studio album Sarah Sings Soulfully (arranged...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Freddy Cole: Singing the Blues

Making his debut in 1964, Nat's little brother returns to sing the blues from Bobby Bland's ‘This Time I'm Gone...

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

Joe Haider Trio: Café des Pyrénnées

Allen Blairman | Joe Haider | Isla Eckinger

How many world-class jazz recordings have slipped through the cracks simply because they lacked proper distribution? Here's a good example:...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015