Peggy Lee: Let's Love

These 1974 sessions put Lee in a rather poppish setting, and the results don't do her (still exceptional) voice proper...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Paul Higgs: Pavanne

The former director of the National Theatre and RSC is also a trumpeter-composer, and here he effectively mixes together the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Peirani & Parisien: Belle Époque

Emile Parisien | Vincent Peirani

Released as part of ACT's new ‘Duo Art’ series, this collaboration between two of France's top young jazzers is an...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014

Joel Harrison and Anupam Shobhakar: Multiplicity Leave The Door Open

Todd Isler | Dan Weiss | Bonnie Chakraborty | Hans Glawischnig | David Binney | Chandrashekar Vase | Joel Harrison | Anupam Shobhakar | Gary Versace

This Indo-jazz partnership brings together two US-based musicians playing in an assortment of styles. The title track with its tempo...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: June/2014

Jumoké Fashola: The Condition of Being A Woman

Oli Hayhurst | Simon Wallace | Jumoké Fashola | James Maddren | Richard Olatundé Baker

Everyone appreciates a jazz vocalist who takes risks, and there's plenty of the latter on Jumoké Fashola's excellent debut album,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2014

Misha Tsiganov: The Artistry Of The Standard

Alex Sipiagin | Boris Kozlov | Misha Tsiganov | Donald Edwards | Seamus Blake

Seeing leader Tsiganov's name gave me a momentary qualm. He had added vapid synthesiser washes to the otherwise stirring hard...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2014

Max Merseny: Everlasting

This German jazz-funk saxophonist mixes up smooth jazz, fusion and Roy Ayres-type soul with a dash of ‘old skool’ hip...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Graham Collier Jazz Ensemble: Luminosity The Last Suites

Art Themen | John Marshall | Steve Waterman | Trevor Tompkins | Andy Panayi | Ed Speight | James Allsopp | Mark Bassey | Jonathan Williams | Graeme Blevins

The timing of this handsomely packaged collection of Collier's last two un-recorded suites, ‘Luminosity’ and ‘The Blue Suite’ is appropriate...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2014

Seamus Blake/Chris Cheek: Reeds Ramble

Ethan Iverson | Matt Penman | Chris Cheek | Jochen Rueckert | Seamus Blake

Two-tenor excursions have certainly changed over the years. Though there are a couple of blues, you won't find any of...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014

Iva Bittová, Gyan Riley, Evan Ziporyn: Eviyan Live

An engaging set featuring the Czech violinist-singer, with guitarist Gyan Riley and clarinetist Evan Ziporyn, works within an experimental yet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014