Vincentz/Brown/Hart&Harrell: Is That So?

Zakir Hussain | Shankar Mahadevan | John McLaughlin

Danish saxophonist Niels Vincentz confronts the wide-open spaces of a piano-free rhythm section with a round sound and a solid...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2020

Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live at Montreux

Donald Dean | Jimmy Rowser | Les McCann | Buck Clark

These reissues, including yet another reappearance of Tutu – even after the super-duper ultimate Tutu double CD reissue that included...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2015

Duke Ellington: In Gröna Lund 1963

A live Stockholm recording of a typical Ellington concert of the time, it suffers from occasionally poor balance, dropouts, wow...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2014

David Weiss: When Words Fail

Ben Eunsen | David Weiss | Dwayne Burno | Myron Walden | EJ Strickland | Xavier Davis | Marcus Strickland

In complete contrast to his outstanding big band interpretation of Wayne Shorter's music, David Weiss' follow-up is a highly personal...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2014

José James: While You Were Sleeping

José James | Takuya Kuroda | Becca Stevens

Over five impressive solo releases, including a fine duet with pianist Jef Neve, James has given lie to the notion...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Eddie Lockjaw Davis/Don Patterson Quintet: Complete Recordings

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

A companion volume to the Stitt album reviewed below, this is more conventional tenor and organ fare, but good swinging...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Ella Fitzgerald: Things Ain't What They Used To Be

After her 1969 pop experiments with Richard Perry for Reprise this finds Ella's next venture for the label on firm...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Jim Hall: Classic Quartets: Impromptu/Burnin'

Not the greatest sound quality, but two essential early 1960s albums by Hall just as his career was really taking...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Uri Caine: Callithump

Uri Caine

A case can be made for ‘delayed recognition’ of a lot of artists in jazz, and Caine is a more...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Charlie Byrd: Four Classic Albums

Built around the classic Guitar Artistry session, this is Byrd at his late 1950s early 60s peak, never better than...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020