Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent

Colin Vallon | Julian Sartorius | Patrice Moret

A restless stillness dominates this second ECM release from young Swiss pianist Colin Vallon's trio. (The first was Rruga in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2014

Francesco Ciniglio: The Locomotive Suite

Alexis Valet | Felix Moseholm | Francesco Ciniglio | Matt Chalk | Matteo Pastorino | Raynald Colom

Naples-born but resident in Paris, Ciniglio is an excellent drummer and possibly even more interesting as a writer/bandleader. His debut...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2021

Eric Johnson & Mike Stern: Eclectic

Anton Fig | Chris Maresh | Christopher Cross | Eric Johnson | Guy Forsyth | Leni Stern | Malford Milligan | Mike Stern

Here's an unalloyed pleasure from two masters of their art: and there is much art in these fleet fingered maestros,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Maja S.K. Ratkje: Sult

Sult is an absorbingly distinctive soundtrack, written by Ratkje for organ and vocal, for a Norwegian national ballet adaptation of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Dizzy Gillespie: The Greatest of Dizzy Gillespie

This is slightly lazy reissuing from Sony/RCA, as surely Dizzy is due the Complete RCA box that other artists have...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Oscar Peterson: Soft Sands

OP was a good Nat Cole-style vocalist, shown to advantage here with Buddy Bregman’s orchestra, plus bonus trio album My...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2013

Jonah Jones: Broadway and Hollywood Hits

Put these five-and-a-half original albums together with the Blue Moon reissues of Jones reviewed here in November and December 2014,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2017

Louis Armstrong and Dave Brubeck: The Real Ambassadors

The weakness here is the material a musical by Dave and Iola Brubeck, which had one public performance and commemorated...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2018

Various Artists: The Boston Creative Jazz Scene 1970-83

Stanton Davis Baird Hersey Phil Musra Group | Thing and Mark Harvey Group

Not so much a compilation as a fascinating slice of cultural history wrapped up in a lavish deluxe package. This...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

Matt Slocum: Black Elk's Dream

Dayna Stephens | Gerald Clayton | Massimo Biolcati | Matt Slocum | Walter Smith III

American drummer/composer Matt Slocum has a light touch, a strong melodic pulse and is steadily rising up the New York...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2014