Gregory Tardy: Hope

Kevin Hays | Lionel Loueke

This mid period Coltrane-ish tenor saxophonist is a lyrical jazz preacher with a top class quartet featuring Jaimeo Brown on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Cal Tjader: In a Latin Bag/Saturday Night + Sunday Morning at the Blackhawk

A groovy latin sextet (largely borrowed from George Shearing's band) contrasts with Tjader's brilliant quartet on one of its finest...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Nick Malcolm Quartet: Beyond These Voices

Corey Mwamba | Nick Malcolm | Alexander Hawkins | Olie Brice | Mark Whitlam

Generally speaking, the quartet is saxophone-led these days. But a four-piece headed by a trumpet has much to commend it....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2014

Frank Foster: The Loud Minority

Frank Foster | Dick Griffin | Cecil Bridgewater | Earl Dunbar | Marvin Peterson | Airto Moreira | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Gene Perla | Jan Hammer | Richard Pratt

Although best-known as one of the stars of the Basie band, Foster was also a fine composer, as ‘Shiny Stockings’...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2014

Claudio Filippini Trio: Breathing in Unison

Palle Danielsson | Claudio Filippini | Olavi Louhivuori

It has been a long journey since Filippini debuted his trio in 2003 with Love Is the Thing and the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Tierney Sutton: After Blue

Hubert Laws | Turtle Island Quartet | Tierney Sutton | Larry Goldings | Peter Erskine

Grammy nominated in the ‘Best Jazz Vocal Album’ category, After Blue presents one of the finest homages to Joni Mitchell's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2014

Honest John: Canarie

A young Norwegian quintet with an unusual interlocking texture with influences that range from European free chamber improv and folk...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Oscar Peterson: Three Classic Albums Plus

The sound on some of Verve's OP issues was never great to start with, and the over-boosted bass here on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Various Artists: Chicago Hit Factory The VeeJay Story 1953-1966

Exhaustive 10-CD box celebrating the Chicago jazz, doo-wop, blues and R&B label, that also issued the first Beatles LP in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Maynard Ferguson: Primal Scream/New Vintage/Carnival

Mark Colby | Steve Gadd | Ralph McDonald | Maynard Ferguson | Chick Corea | Joe Farrell

Canada's world high-note trumpet champion seems to be enjoying considerable reissue activity of late, though sadly and typically too late...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2014