Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62

Al Casey | Al Haig | Al McKibbon | Benny Green | Big Nick Nicholas | Bill De Arango | Billy Butterfield | Billy Kyle | Billy Taylor | Bob Haggart

In Sarah Vaughan’s centenary year, it’s great to have a reminder of her route to stardom, and this collection manages...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2024

ACV: Busk

Adrian Tilbrook | Andy Champion | Graeme Wilson | Mark Williams | Paul Edis

Formed in 2009, ACV is the quintet of the young, Tyneside-based jazz musician Andy Champion, a go-to double bassist on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Johnny Griffin/Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Ewan Bleach Quartet: Ewan the Night ‘n’ the Music

Colin Good | Ewan Bleach | Jim Ydstie | John Kelly | Martin Wheatley

Multi-reedman Bleach is a regular with the new young Metropolitan revivalist bands like Tuba Skinny and has recorded quite widely.Here...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022

Monika Herzig: Sheroes

Ada Rovatti | Ingrid Jensen | Jamie Baum | Jennifer Vincent | Leni Stern | Mayra Casales | Monika Herzig | Reu Regev | Rosa Avila

The German-born pianist-composer Monika Herzig's Sheroes boasts a female cast of international class instrumentalists. It's the follow-up to Herzig's similarly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

King Crimson: Beat

Adrian Belew | Bill Bruford | Robert Fripp | Tony Levin

As Bill Bruford wryly recalled with this correspondent, Crimson will be forever beholden to Belew for providing what the band's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2016

Joe Stilgoe: New Songs for Old Souls

Ben Reynolds | Billy Adamson | Joe Stilgoe | Tom Farmer

In the hands of a lesser artist, New Songs for Old Souls could well have ended up being a brilliantly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2015

Johnny Griffin: Four Classic Albums

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian: In the Year of the Dragon

Charlie Haden | Geri Allenn | Juan Lazaro Mendolas | Paul Motian

In the days when the Arts Council were a much more active component of the UK jazz scene, they mounted...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024

Jay Lawrence: Sonic Paragon

Anthony Wilson | Harry Allen | Jay Lawrence | John Patitucci | Renee Rosnes | Romero Lubambo | Terell Stafford | Yotam Silberstein

I was tempted to begin playing this disc at track 11, a cover of Hendrix's ‘Crosstown Traffic’. I love Hendrix...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2018