Ben Williams: Coming Of Age

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

Even before he landed a high profile gig with Pat Metheny, Ben Williams attracted attention through impressive work with the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019

Nick Sanders Trio: Nameless Neighbours

Fred Hersch produced this very impressive piano trio debut CD by a young New Orleans-raised, classical-trained pianist who writes strong,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Amok Amor: We Know Not What We Do

Christian Lillinger | Peter Evans | Petter Eldh | Wanja Slavin

The line-up is an exciting one: the ferociously virtuosic NY-based trumpeter Peter Evans, perhaps best known for his role in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Sallie Blair: Sexy, Intimate and Swinging

Baltimore-born Blair was quite a star in the 1950s and 60s, and here she sings with some fine accompaniments from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Compassionate Dictatorship: Entertaining Tyrants

James Maddren | Jasper Høiby | Jez Franks | Tori Freestone

Buoyed by their signing to an indie label and backed by Jazz Services for a major tour, the irrepressible Dictators...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013

Oliver Lake: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint And Soul Note

Andrew Cyrille | Baikida Carroll | Belden Bullock | Cecil Brooks | Charles Eubanks | Donald Smith | Fred Hopkins | Geri Allen | Kevin Eubanks | Michael G. Jackson

Co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet and member of the influential Black Artists Group, Oliver Lake is, along with Arthur...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

Tom Arthurs: One Year

Markku Ounaskari | Richard Fairhurst | Tom Arthurs

When they made their fine Postcards from Pushkin duo album seven years ago, the expat British trumpeter Tom Arthurs and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2018

Sao Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho E Sujo

A leading Chicago avant-jazz trumpeter (Rob Mazurek) a Brazilian post-Tropicalia percussionist (Mauricio Takara) and cosmic jazz synth player (Guilherme Granado)...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Jimmy Rogers: Blues Greats

Twenty tracks by the doyen of Chicagoan 1950s guitar and vocal blues, with Little Walter and Muddy Waters in the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Claire Martin/Ray Gelato: We’ve Got A World That Swings

Claire Martin | Dave Newton | Dave Whitford | Ray Gelato | Sebastian De Krom | Sebastian de Krom

Dedicated to the memory of Mark Murphy, this 13-track collection of swing, R&B and jazz standards from Martin and Gelato...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016