Tom Harrell: Trip

Jim Beard | Dennis Chambers | Bob Franceschini | Lenny White | Randy Brecker | Victor Wooten | Bill Evans | Mike Stern | Tom Kennedy | Dave Weckl

This album, in tandem with a live concert recently witnessed, suggest that while Harrell's creative spirit remains undiminished, his allegiance...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

Enrico Rava and Paolo Fresu: Shades of Chet

Stefano Bollani | Paolo Fresu | Enrico Rava | Enzo Pietropaoli | Robert Gatto

Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu is regularly compared to Chet Baker, so it's only fitting that he and fellow Italian blower...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2014

Billy Hawks: New Genius of the Blues and Heavy Soul

Two Prestige LPs of grits and gravy Hammond blues compiled back to back give a comprehensive account of this relatively...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Noel Langley: Edentide

Noel Langley | Zoltan Dekany | Laurence Cottle | Asaf Sirkis | Kenny Dickenson | Alcyona Mick | Keith Fairbairn | Ruth Wall

Like the Severn Bore, Langley's debut has been a long time coming, but, ye gods, it's spectacular now it's here....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014

Azar Lawrence: The Seeker

Benito Gonzalez | Azar Lawrence | Nicholas Payton | Essiet Okon Essiet | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts

Of all the post-Coltrane tenor saxophonists, arguably the most outstanding and least recognised must surely be Azar Lawrence. His youthful...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2014

Dominic J Marshall Trio: Spirit Speech

Dominic J Marshall | Jamie Peet | Tobias Nijboer

A relatively new face on the UK scene, the 25-year-old Amsterdam-based Scottish pianist-composer had lessons from his father in classical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Strayhorn Quartet: One Drop Love Chant

A quartet based around the Gloucester area led by the funk saxophonist Dom Franks with influences from latin and straightahead...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Manu Katché: Live in Concert

Three-quarters of this quartet debuted on Manu Katché (ECM) in 2012, when the trumpeter was Nils Petter Molvaer, but management...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2017

Stefano Bollani: Joy in Spite of Everything

Stefano Bollani | Jesper Bodilsen | Bill Frisell | Morten Lund | Mark Turner

This is a well-executed album, impeccably recorded but one senses that these fine musicians are playing within themselves, including the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014

Various Artists: Greater Lengths: An All Saints Compilation

Roger Eno | Brian Eno | Jon Hassell | Harold Budd | John Paul Jones | Laraaji | John Cale

All Saints were never just going to release a boring old compilation. Instead we have one CD evoking projects by...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014