Georgia Mancio/Nigel Price: Come Rain or Come Shine

Julie Walkington | Georgia Mancio | Nigel Price

I had the pleasure of seeing this duo at last year's ReVoice! Festival (which Georgia curates) and the fine qualities...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2014

Stan Getz Quartet & Quintet: The Complete Roost Studio Sessions

Joe Gallaway | Johnny Smith | Bill Crow | Tommy Potter | Walter Bolden | Eddie Safranski | Sanford Gold | Bob Carter | Stan Getz | Leonard Gaskin

Stanley The Steamer has been gone close on quarter-of-a century, so late-comers can be excused for assuming that Stan Getz's...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2014

The Westerlies: Wish the Children Would Come on Home

This young chamber brass quartet from Seattle pays tribute to the music of keyboardist Wayne Horvitz (who's a guest on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Ingrid Laubrock Octet: Zürich Concert

Mary Halvorson | Liam Noble | Tom Rainey | Ingrid Laubrock | Ted Reichman | Ben Davis | Tom Arthurs | Drew Gress

Ingrid Laubrock is a musician of rare sensitivity and imagination (this is me talking, by the way, not the press...

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

Ketil Bjørnstad: Sunrise

Bjørn Kjellemyr | Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen | Egil Fossum | Kari Bremmnes | Aage Kvalbein | Ketil Bjørnstad | Matias Bjørnstadt

Sunrise is subtitled A cantata on texts by Edvard Munch, and was originally commissioned by the Nordstrand Musikkselskap Choir for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2014

George Shearing: Jazz Moments

George always loved this trio with ex-Ahmad Jamal sidemen Crosby and Fournier, and rated it among his best work –...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Gregory Porter/Donald Smith/Mansur Scott: Great Voices of Harlem

Paul Zauner's Blue Brass | Donald Smith | Gregory Porter | Mansur Scott

Instigated and produced by Austrian trombonist and bandleader Paul Zauner, the aesthetic heart of this terrific album lies in Harlem's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2014

Clive Stevens: Atmospheres

Ralph Towner | Steve Khan | Harry Wilkinson | Billy Cobham | Rick Laird | John Abercrombie | Clive Stevens

If the music didn't give the era away, the song titles would: ‘Earth Spirit’, ‘Astral Dreams’, ‘The Parameters Of Saturn’;...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: That's It!

Ronell Johnson | Ben Jaffe | Rickie Monie | Charlie Gabriel | Joe Lastie Jr | Jim James | Clint Maedgen | Freddie Lonzo | Mark Braud

Here's more of Ben Jaffe's re-envisioning of the PHJB as an ensemble with contemporary relevance. Still rooted in the Hall's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2014

David Sanborn: Sanborn

Dave Tronzo | Steve Jordan | Terry Adams | Al Anderson | Leon Pendarvis | Joey Baron | Bill Frisell | Don Alias | Lenny Pickett | Marcus Miller

Two slices of Sanborn from very different eras. The eponymous recording (his second release) finds the young gun fresh and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014