Sunna Gunnlaugs: Becoming
Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs | Þorgrímur Jónsson
This is the fifth album from the trio that Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs put together some years ago now with...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2023
Amok Amor: We Know Not What We Do
Christian Lillinger | Peter Evans | Petter Eldh | Wanja Slavin
The line-up is an exciting one: the ferociously virtuosic NY-based trumpeter Peter Evans, perhaps best known for his role in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017
Walter Smith III: Twio
Christian McBride | Eric Harland | Harish Raghavan | Joshua Redman | Walter Smith
Many listeners probably woke up to the patiently-spun, dry-toned lines of Texan tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III around 2011, on...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2018
Carl Allen: Tippin’
Carl Allen | Chris Potter | Christian McBride | John Lee
Although he has now appeared on more than 200 releases, this is drummer Carl Allen’s first album as a leader...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2025
Polly Gibbons: Many Faces of Love
Hot on the heels of last year's brilliant My Own Company, this new album from vocalist Polly Gibbons presents 12...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015
Food: Mercurial Balm
This is an impressive follow-up to Food's 2010 debut on the ECM label, Quiet Inlet. More ambitious in scope, it...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Webster Young: A Quiet Legend – Live in Saint Louis 1961
Trumpeter Young rates an entry in Leonard Feather’s first The Encyclopaedia of Jazz but not in subsequent editions. He’s not...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2025
Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim: Harlem
When he was known as Juan Amalbert and led the Latin Jazz quintet in the 1960s, Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim worked with...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Alicia & Michael Olatuja: Olatuja
Although vocalist Alicia and bassist Michael Olatuja are accomplished artists in their own right, their collaborations bring out the best...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2024
Sharel Cassity: Gratitude
Christian McBride | Cyrus Chestnut | Lewis Nash | Michael Dease | Sharel Cassity | Terell Stafford
The American saxophonist Sharel Cassity’s peppery tone, fluid lines and clean articulation reflect formal training at Juilliard followed by big...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2025
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