Album Interview: Jamie Cullum: Interlude

Riaan Vosloo | Tim Giles | Ross Stanley | Jamie Cullum

Following the vintage synths, stylistic mash-ups and perfect pop of Momentum, for his seventh studio album, Interlude, Jamie Cullum makes...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2014

Simon Phillips: Protocol II

Steve Weingart | Andy Timmons | Ernest Tibbs | Simon Phillips

‘Drums’ is just inadequate. The French, of course, have a word for what Phillips excels in: batterie. In terms of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014

Louis Armstrong: Plays W C Handy – Complete Edition

One of the great All Stars sessions, with a second CD that adds some 1920s performances to the comprehensive 1997...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2014

Marcotulli & Biondini Duo Art: La Strada Invisibile

Luciano Biondini | Rita Marcotulli

‘Sometimes less is more when it comes to creating magical moments’: so says Siggi Loch's ACT label of its ‘Duo...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2014

Raul Midon: Don't Hesitate

David Bailen | Marcus Miller | Lizz Wright | Daniel Bailen | Midon | Daniel Sadownick | Richard Hammond | Dianne Reeves

The American vocalist-guitarist's singing and playing are as consistent as ever, but he is let down by his material on...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014

Chick Corea: Trilogy

Chick Corea has been a part of the jazz furniture since the 1960s and it is perhaps tempting to take...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2017

Trish Clowes: Pocket Compass

Trish Clowes | André de Ridder | Gwilym Simcock | James Maddren | Calum Gourlay | Chris Montague

The release of 30-year-old Shropshire-born saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes' third CD Pocket Compass comes at the climax of a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Johnnie Pate: Complete Recordings 1955-56

Pate's an obscure Chicagoan bassist who vanished into the world of soul in the 1960s, but on the strength of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2014

Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay

Weldon Irvine | Joe Henderson | Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | George Benson | Richie Landrum | Hubbard

OK, it's a pain that three old vinyl releases get broken up as they're shoehorned across two CDs, while the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014

Jesse Bannister: Play Out

Zoe Rahman | Seb Rochford | Jesse Bannister | Kenny Higgins

Jesse Bannister first came to notice with the Leeds-based South Asian/world music band Samay, who released their first album, Songs...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2014