Frank Sinatra and Count Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings

Count Basie | Frank Sinatra

You won't find Sinatra mentioned in many books on jazz. Indeed, for over the past 50 years, whether or not...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2012

Wes Montgomery: In The Beginning

For the most part these two CDs document Montgomery's pre-fame years when he split his waking hours between being a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016

The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart: All About That Basie

Alvin Walker | Bobby Floyd | Carmen Bradford | Clarence Banks | David Keim | Doug Lawrence | Doug Miller | Endre Rice | Eric Reed | Freddie Green

The Basie band has gone through a number of incarnations in the years since his death in 1984, of which...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Tom Smith Big Band: A Year In The Life

Alex Garnett | Alistair Martin | Conor Chaplin | Dan Higham | Freddie Gavita | George Hogg | Graeme Blevins | James Davison | Jamie McCredie | Jessamy Holder

While still in his teens, the UK saxophonist /composer Tom Smith had already spurred Django Bates, observing his performance on...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2025

Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities

Adam Rogers | Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | David Eggar | Fima Ephron | Joyce Hammann | Lois Martin | Mark Feldman | Nate Smith | Scott Colley

The world-class contemporary sax colossus Chris Potter seems to be something of a late bloomer in terms of his recordings...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Tara Minton and Ed Babar: Two For The Road

Ed Babar | Lilia Iontcheva | Stan Sulzmann | Tara Minton

This fine duo album from Australian harpist/vocalist Tara Minton and London bassist Ed Babar celebrates a long-standing musical collaboration. Penned...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2022

Pablo Held Trio: Investigations

Jonas Burgwinkel | Pablo Held | Robert Landfermann

The Cologne-based Pablo Held has been wowing critics in his native Germany and beyond for about 10 years now. Even...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

Anton Eger: Æ

Anton Eger | Christian Lillinger | Dan Nicholls | Ivo Neame | Juliette Marland | Mathias Heise | Matt Calvert | Niels Broos | Otis Sandsjo | Petter Eldh

When witnessing ‘live’ the high flying international piano trio Phronesis, it’s the Oslo-born drummer Anton Eger who most catches your...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2019

Bill Stewart: Space Squid

Ben Street | Bill Carrothers | Bill Stewart | Seamus Blake

Bill Stewart’s classy mix of supple brushwork, strong pulse and polyrhythmic rumble has made him drummer of choice for the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2016

JD Allen: Americana Vol 2

Charlie Hunter | Gregg August | J.D Allen | Rudy Royston

Since Detroit-born tenorist JD Allen's solo recording debut in 1999, this unobtrusively fine musician has figured in DownBeat Critics' Polls,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023