Michel Petrucciani: Both Worlds Live

Anthony Jackson | Denis Leloup | Flavio Boltro | Hague Philharmonic Orchestra | Michel Petrucciani | Stefano DiBattista | Steve Gadd

It hardly seems 17 years since Petrucciani passed, though doubtless there's a whole younger generation of fans who’ve grown up...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2016

Jim Hall: Three Classic Albums Plus

This excellent double-album compendium captures the earliest recordings of Jim Hall, the quintessential example of a guitarist's guitarist. You don't...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2019

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet: Complete Live Recordings, 1962-65

The horn players' chemistry worked with both US and UK (Holloway/Laird/Ganley) rhythm sections, making this a great way to remember...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Andy Bey: Pages From An Imaginary Life

Andy Bey

Although the veteran has made a string of excellent group albums in the course of his six-decade career he remains...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight

This London born, New York-based Manhattan School of Music graduate sings from a post-1960s singer-songwriter repertoire but with imaginative jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Chris Morrissey: North Hero

Aaron Parks | Chris Morrissey | Mark Guiliana | Mike Lewis

Chris Morrissey is a young New York-based bassist originally from the Minnesota area with a circle of collaborators that that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Minua: Still Light

Based in both Basel and Berlin, this serenely-toned, intimate young folky bass clarinet/twin-acoustic guitar trio pursue their gentle craft that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Thomas Maintz: Present

An understated Danish guitarist who uses a acoustic baritone to obtain some dark nuances with a top US rhythm section...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Graham Collier: Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days ’69

Graham Collier | Harry Beckett | John Marshall | Karl Jenkins | Nick Evans | Stan Sulzmann

Originally recorded for the Fontana label in March 1969, Down Another Road was notable for how Collier's compositional tapestries were...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2023

Sarah Manning: Harmonious Creature

An East coast-based guitarist, mentored by recently departed world jazz pioneer Yusef Lateef, and her quintet (featuring viola) has a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014