Robin Phillips: Sing. Play…For Pleasure

Phillips is a specialist in vocalese, his playful, conversational approach working a treat on lyrics by Jon Hendricks, King Pleasure,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Grant Green & Ike Quebec: Complete Instrumental Sessions

Grant Green | Billy Higgins | Milt Hinton | Dodi Greene | Sir Charles Thompson | Wendell Marshall | Paul Chambers | Sonny Clark | Carlos ‘Patato’ Valdez | Ike Quebec

Originally introduced to Blue Note founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff as a talent scout, assistant producer, studio manager and...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2014

Wayne Escoffery Quintet: Live at Firehouse 12

Orrin Evans | Wayne Escoffery | Rachel Z | Jason Brown | Rashaan Carter

Different generations of Escofferys have made important contributions to various branches of black British music, generally on the R&B and...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2014

Marc Mac presents Visioneers: Hipology

John Robinson | Jametta Rose | Duncan Fraser | Rob Harvey | Ian Richie | Pete Williams | DJ Dopey | Marc Mac | Simon Nixon | Luke Parkhouse

There was a time, many years ago, when jazz reluctantly relinquished its once unassailable position from being the popular music...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2014

Ralph Towner/John Abercrombie: Five Years Later

Ralph Towner | John Abercrombie

Another gem from the ECM vaults that has never previously been reissued on compact disc, Five Years Later – referring...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2014

Jimmy Giuffre: Three Classic Albums Plus (Second Set)

Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Bill Evans | Paul Chambers | Cannonball Adderley | John Coltrane | Hank Mobley | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

The original recordings were not too bad, but it's a shame that this set with the bass over-boosted and rather...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2019

Tim Hegarty: Tribute

Paul Metzke | Carlos Ward | Sam Brown | Paul Motian | Charlie Haden

Hegarty has been on the New York scene for some 25 years now, with regular gigs in Gil Evans bands...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2019

Samo Salamon & the Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra: Orchestrology

A Slovenian contemporary atmospheric jazz-rock infl uenced guitarist with a good international reputation arranges for orchestra on a quite epic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Gary Bartz NTU Troop: Home!

Rashied Ali | Albert Dailey | Bob Cunningham | Woody Shaw | Gary Bartz

These days, Gary Bartz is probably best known for his stint with Miles Davis at the very beginning of the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2014

Nat Birchall Quintet: Live In Larissa

Corey Mwamba | Paul Hession | Adam Fairhall | Nat Birchall | Nick Blacka

For anyone who still believes in the transformative and inherently spiritual nature of jazz, most forcefully proposed by John Coltrane...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2014