Baldych & Herman: The New Tradition

Adam Baldych | Yaron Herman

If the Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock duo, reviewed elsewhere in this magazine (page 43), appear as exemplary exponents of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Samo Salamon Bassless Quartet: 2Alto

A Slovenian ambient jazz-rock guitarist with influences ranging from Tim Berne to Robert Fripp composes imaginatively here for a quartet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Lester Young: Jazz Giants 56

Unquestionably Lester's finest late session, this new reissue is not as comprehensive as the 2CD Lonehill set that preceded it...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Chat Noir: Elec3Cities

Michele Cavallari | Giuliano Ferrari | Luca Fogagnolo

As is the modern way, this release was recorded in three different cities and cut and pasted together to create...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2014

Vein: Vote for Vein

Florian Arbenz | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns

The cover is a mistake. Let's get that out of the way immediately. In a garish pastiche of a party-political...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014

Dave O'Higgins: Standards

Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | Pat Senatore

Sometimes you just need a hit to the soul: and O'Higgins delivers in spades with a collection that is just...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017

George Lewis: Keeper of the Flame

Finn Otto Hansen | Johnny St. Cyr | Mogens Seidelin | Monette Moore | Don McDonald | McNeal Breaux | Kid Howard | Jim Robinson | Paul Barbarin | Joe Watkins

For the most part this 8 CD set features the standard line-up of George Lewis's Ragtime Band of the 1950s:...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Steve Beresford and Nigel Coombes: White Strings Attached

Steve Beresford | Nigel Coombes

Piano and violin can be a tricky combination, as Coombes' original, 1979 liner notes acknowledged: “Countless composers have tried since...

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

Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila

Jordan's debut for Blue Note (still available from them) is a classic, and one of her finest albums – this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Tim Garland: Songs to the North Sky

Neil Percy | Magdalena Filipczak | Kevin Glasgow | John Turville | Asaf Sirkis | Jason Rebello | John Patitucci | Geoffrey Keezer | The Royal Northern Sinfonia Strings | Tim Garland

Tim Garland's impressive debut on the Edition label is marked by this two CD set, neatly split between a musical...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014