Jackiem Joyner: Evolve

Lil Man Soul, as he's known to his fans, is a saxophonist, programmer and arranger on this derivative smooth jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Mose Allison: Swingin' Machine

Jimmy Reider | Addison Farmer | Jimmy Knepper | Frankie Dunlop | Mose Allison

Having retired from live performance in 2012 after 65 years of touring, this brace of reissues from NEA Jazz Master...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2014

Various Artists: Jazz Legends Box Set – 20 Original Albums From The Iconic Atlantic Label

Billy Cobham | Charles Mingus | John Coltrane | Ornette Coleman | Roland Kirk | Joe Zawinul

At a time when practically every record ever made can be accessed online at the brief click of a mouse,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2014

Christian Muthspiel 4: Seaven Teares

Franck Tortiller | Matthieu Michel | Steve Swallow | Christian Muthspiel

This album from Austrian multi-instrumentalist Christian Muthspiel is a ‘Tribute to John Dowland’, the great English Renaissance composer and contemporary...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2014

Alice Zawadzki: China Lane

Alex Roth | Jon Scott | Kit Downes | Alice Zawadzki | Andreas Lang

Written and arranged over a five-year period, this debut album from singer-songwriter, violinist and pianist Alice Zawadzki is a many-splendoured...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2014

Album Interview: Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra: When the World Was One

Gavin Barras | Lisa Mallett | Luke Flowers | Matthew Halsall | Taz Modi | Rachael Gladwin | Keiko Kitamura | Nat Birchall

When the World Was One is an album title that reflects Mancunian trumpeter Matthew Halsall's deep interest in the ‘spiritual...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Miroslav Vitous: Magical Shepherd

James Gadson | Airto Moreira | Herbie Hancock | Miroslav Vitous | Onike | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Cheryl Grainger

It's intriguing to compare Vitous' solo effort with Pastorious' Word Of Mouth, recorded barely five years later. The former was...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

The Omar Hakim Experience: We Are One

Jerry Brooks | Bob Franceschini | Angel Rogers | Gregoire Maret | Abdul Zuhri | Rachel Z | Jimi Tunnell | Scott Tibbs | Chieli Minucci | Omar Hakim

There's no escaping the Weather Report influence, whether it's in a crop of re-issues from Pastorious and Vitous or here,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Meshell Ndegeocello: Comet, Come To Me

Chris Bruce | Jebin Bruni | Doyle Bramhall | Earl Harvin | Shara Worden | Meshell Ndgeocello

As her body of work ages with much grace – last year actually marked the 20th anniversary of her superb...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Magos and Limón: Dawn

Alan Jackson | Mike Osborne | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Harry Miller | John Surman

Dawn is a collaboration between Mexican-born, NYC-based jazz singer Magos Herrera and Madrid-born guitarist, composer and producer Javier Limón, in...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2015