Chris Connor: Witchcraft

This is one of Connor's most celebrated albums; revealing a fine singer, largely in Richard Wess' exemplary big band company,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Jan Garbarek Trio & Quartet: Til Vigdis

Jan Garbarek | Jon Christensen | Per Løberg | Frank Phipps | Arild Andersen

Garbarek's debut album is a holy grail among serious record collectors: the sole release organised by the Norwegian Jazz Federation,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2014

Mina Agossi: Fresh

Stéphane Guery | Eric Jacot | Phil Reptil | Mina Agossi | Simon Bernier

Purely in terms of its textural palette, Fresh sees vocalist Mina Agossi's sound-world expanding into adventurous new territories. For many...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2014

Fofoulah

Tom Challenger | Dave Smith | Phil Stevenson | Johnny Brierley | Kaw Secka

I've never liked the term ‘world music’ so, I promise, the words ‘world’ and ‘music’ will not appear in the...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: October/2014

Johnny Mbizo Dyani: Rejoice/Together

Peter ‘Shimmy’ Radise | Johnny Mbizo Dyani | Mongezi Feza | Okay Temiz | Felix Perrera | Hassan Bah | Bosse Skoglund | Dudu Pukwana | Kenny Håkansson | Virimuje Willie Mbuende

Like his fellow Blue Notes, bassist Johnny Dyani left his native South Africa in the mid-1960s, in the aftermath of...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: October/2014

Cannonball Adderley: Sophisticated Swing/Cannonball's Sharpshooters

Jimmy Cobb | Nat Adderley | Julian Cannonball Adderley | Junior Mance | Sam Jones

When Julian (and his brother Nat) rocked up in New York's Greenwich Village in 1955, he appeared to be the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Annie Ross/Christopher Logue/Tony Kinsey Quintet: Loguerhythms – Songs From The Establishment

Johnny Scott | Malcolm Cecil | Brian Brocklehurst | Roy Willocks | Percy Heath | Les Condon | The Gigi Gryce Orchestra | The Ram Ramirez Quartet and The Tony Crombie Orchestra | Ken Wray | Kenny Clarke

The rating here is specifically for those tracks that features La Ross hand-in-glove with Tony Kinsey's vibrant Quintet interpreting charts...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Baptiste Trotignon: Hit

In trio with Mehldau drummer Jeff Ballard and fellow French bassist Thomas Bramerie, the pianist Baptiste Trotignon demonstrates his natural...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Lizzie Ball: Hasta Siempre/Hasta Siempre Otra Vez

Tono Castillo | Pedro Segundo | Laurence Cottle | Sam Burgess | James Turner | Morgan Szymanski | Lizzie Ball | Nic Meier | James Pearson | Spani Beninato

Ball already has an impressive classical career, leading Nigel Kennedy's Orchestra of Life.She also contributed to the Steve Reich celebration,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014

Stanley Clarke: UP

Alessandro Sgobbio | Emiliano Vernizzi | Nick Wright

The title says it all. Clarke's renaissance of recent years continues with this massively energetic journey through all that is...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2020