John Etheridge: Twenty: The Best of Sweet Chorus

Andy Crowdy | Christian Garrick | Dave Kelbie | John Etheridge | Malcolm Creese

Ah, such sweet surprises from an Etheridge project dedicated to the timeless magic of Stephane Grappelli. As Etheridge points out,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019

Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come

Chambers | Gil Evans | Jimmy Cobb | Kelly | Miles Davis | Mobley | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

Early-1961 was a fertile time for Miles on record, as it now is for publicdomain reissues. Someday is a studio...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012

Noah Preminger/Broken Shadows/Gregory Tardy/Bill Frisell/Billy Lester/Kenny Werner/Hank Roberts: Newvelle Records: Seaso

Adopting a unique marketing strategy, first put into effect in 2015, Newvelle Records, co-founded by Elan Mehler and Jean-Christophe Morisseau,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019

Charles McPherson: Beautiful!

Charles McPhetson | Duke Jordan | Leroy Williams | Sam Jones

A brilliant Bird-inspired altoist as opposed to a run-of-the-mill copyist McPherson proved to be a valuable mainstay of Charles Mingus’...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016

John Coltrane: My Favorite Things

Elvin Jones | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Steve Davis

Although the liner notes do not mention it, the choice of the title track, ‘My Favorite Things,’ was a conscious...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2022

Cecil Payne/Duke Jordan: Brooklyn Brothers

Al Foster | Cecil Payne | Duke Jordan | Sam Jones

A really strong session from the ex-Gillespie big band baritone player, with Jordan's trio jolted forcefully into life by drummer...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2017

Duduvudu: The Gospel According To Dudu Pukwana

Andrew Scott | Annie Whitehead | Dave Draper | Ernest Boykin | Hadley Louden | Harry Beckett | Jim Peterson | Jim Warshauer | Jody Scott | Josh Jones

As the strand of South African gigs at last year's London jazz festival showed, the spirit of the alto saxophonist...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2015

Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Bill Evans | Clarence Penn | David Kikoski | David Liebman | Donny McCaslin | Joe Locke | Joel Frahm | Kurt Elling | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker

Thumbing through the achievements of Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra it's necessary to pinch yourself to make...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Andy Hague: Coming Of Age

Andy Hague | Ben Waghorn | Chris Jones | Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam

Trumpeter Hague is a luminary of the potent Bristol jazz scene, as are Waghorn and Blomfield, of course. Their collective...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2019

John Coltrane Quartet: The Complete November 19, 1962 Stockholm Concerts

Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner

Jazz history in general has been constructed around a finite number of iconic recordings and in the case of John...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2011