Sarah Vaughan: Wonderful Sarah

Vaughan plus symphony orchestra has never really done it for me – and this 28 track compilation is entirely in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Louis Sclavis Quartet: Silk and Salt Melodies

Benjamin Moussay | Keyvan Chemirani | Louis Sclavis | Gilles Coronado

French clarinettist/composer Louis Sclavis is now into double figures with his projects for ECM. His new group features the same...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2014

Jimmy Cleveland: Complete Recordings

Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Stanley Turrentine | Paul Chambers | George Tucker | Art Taylor | Al Harewood | Tommy Flanagan

Actually Cleveland led more than the four Mercury/Emarcy sessions presented as his complete work (like an earlier Lonehill release), but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit: For The Blue Notes

Louis Moholo-Moholo | Ntshuks Bonga | John Edwards | Henry Lowther | Alexander Hawkins | Jason Yarde | Alan Tomlinson

While rightly regarded as one of the most fiery and energetic of players imaginable, Moholo-Moholo also makes music that has...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014

Miucha and Tom Jobim: Miucha and Tom Jobim/Miucha and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Two average late 1970s albums with Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim and one of Brazil's best-loved singers suffer from very short...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Diana Krall: Wallflower

David Foster | Diana Krall

Produced by David Foster, who also takes on main piano duties, this new studio album from Diana Krall presents a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2014

Quadraceratops

Dave O'Brien | Cath Roberts | Olly Blackman | Magnus Dearness | Henry Spencer | Jason Simpson | Tom Ward

Take your eyes off the action on the young jazz scene for one moment and a whole load of new...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Wesseltoft, Schwarz, Berglund: Trialogue

Henrik Schwarz | Bugge Wesseltoft | Dan Berglund

Building on 2011's Duo, Wesseltoft and Schwarz create a piano trio with the addition of former EST bassist Dan Berglund....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014

Elliott Sharp's Terraplane: 4am Always

A onetime pillar of the NYC Downtown scene, this guitarist's post-new wave, swampy, grittily blues-rooted band features the vocalist Tracie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Tricotism: Fingerbustin'

Craig Milverton | Nigel Price | Sandy Suchodolski

It may not be cutting-edgeaa but this debut release from Tricotism – featuring established jazz hands Craig Milverton (piano) and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2014