Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella & Louis Again

Ella Fitzgerald | Herb Ellis | Louis Armstrong | Louis Bellson | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown

The timeless music here makes one forget what a surprise it and its 1956 predecessor Ella & Louis were at...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2020

Louise Dodds: The Story Needs an Ending

Alyn Cosker | Andrew Robb | Louise Dodds | Tom Gibbs

This is Scottish vocalist Louise Dodds’ first album in nine years, and her first to consist solely of her own...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2022

Roberto Ottaviano: Astrolabio

Featuring the revered clarinettist Gianluigi Trovesi and tuba-ist Michel Godard, Ottaviano’s chamber quartet offer a delightfully impassioned mix of free...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Andrea Keller: Journey Home

Andrea Keller

Andrea's Keller's new album Journey Home, her third album release of 2020, comprises the soundtrack to the film of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Bud Powell: In Paris

Eddie Calhoun | Erroll Garner | Kelly Martin

This 1963 set with Rivère and Fields is not a patch on Bud’s other great comeback recording, Our Man In...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019

Emile Parisien: Louise

Emile Parisien | Joe Martin | Manu Codjia | Nasheet Waits | Roberto Negro | Theo Coker

This is the seventh album on ACT from the former Marciac child prodigy Emile Parisien. His first significant statement for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022

Gerry Mulligan: Four Classic Albums (Third Set)

Built around three of Mulligan's classic sextet albums from 1955-56, the band mainly featuring Jon Eardley and Bob Brookmeyer, this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2018

Early Nite: Dustbin Smugglin'

This Manchester-based sax-bass-drum trio mightn't have the sophistication of key influences Ornette's Primetime and Henry Threadgill's AIR, but they're an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Oleg Kireyev – Keith Javors: Rhyme and Reason

Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer

Keith Javors, as player and producer, was one of the surprise highlights of the recent Coming Together album, which featured...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019

Poetry, Pleased: Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: Tone Poem

Bill Frisell | Charles Lloyd | Eric Harland | Greg Leisz | Reuben Rogers

Although the vocal add-ons to the Marvels' first two albums spoke of music-making with no boundaries or barriers, the fascination...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2021