Album Interview: Van Morrison: Born to Sing: No Plan B

Alistair White | Christopher White | Dave Keary | Jeff Lardner | Paul Moore | Paul Moran | Van Morrison

Van Morrison has jazz in his blood, only a fool would think otherwise, and Born to Sing is the latest...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012

Don Grolnick: Nighttown

Bill Stewart | Dave Holland | Don Grolnick | Joe Lovano | Marty Ehrlich | Randy Brecker | Steve Turre

Don Grolnick pretty much reached the top of his profession as a first-call New York studio musician in the 1970s...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2020

Tina May: My Kinda Love

Dave Green | Frank Griffth | Freddie Gavita | Ian Laws | John Pearce | Tina May | Winston Clifford

This new album from the outstanding vocalist Tina May serves almost like a second act to her previous Hep Jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2015

Various Artists: Innerpeace Rare Spiritual Funk & Jazz Gems

Buddy Terry | Charles Williams | Dave Hubbard | Frank Foster | Hadley Caliman | Harold Land | Pete Yellin | Roy Haynes

Following the critical acclaim lavished upon the first volume of music from Mainstream records, this second installment shows that producer...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2017

O'Higgins & Luft: Pluto

Dave O'Higgins | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Rob Luft | Rod Youngs | Ross Stanley

Three years ago the O'Higgins/Luft alliance mined a rich vein covering the songs of Coltrane and Monk on the appropriately...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

John Minnock: Simplicity

Carlos Mena | Dave Liebman | John Minnock | Mark Lewandowski | Mathis Pickard | Pablo Eluchans | Sean Mason

John Minnock began his career singing in the Boston area, but has now become a regular on the jazz and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022

Trevor Watts String Ensemble: Cynosure

Colin McKenzie | Dave Cole | Liam Genockey | Lindsay Cooper | Sandy Spencer | Steve Donachie | Steve Hayton | Trevor Watts

If collective free improvisation summons images of furrowed brows and unsmiling aural assaults then stick this platter in your play...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2016

Walter Bishop Jr: Coral Keys

Alan Schwaetz Benger | Harold Vick | Idris Muhammad | Reggie Johnson | Walter Bishop Jr | Woody Shaw

Launched in 1971 – at a point when a number of prominent Black American jazz musicians were establishing their own...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2020

Joe Alexander Quintet: Blue Jubilee

For those older readers who search the new releases section in vain for familiar names, here's one even you may...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2013

Will Calhoun: Life In This World

Alioune Wade | Brehima ‘Benego’ Diakite | Charnett Moffett | Cheick Tidiane Seck | Donald Harrison | Doug Wimbish | John Benitez | Marc Cary | Ron Carter | Wallace Roney

I don’t know about you, but if I meet a traveller who speaks fluently in many languages and shares his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013