Howard McCrary: Moments Like This

With a smooth voice, and a sophisticated blues piano style, Ohio-born Howard McCrary was a star on the 1990s Birmingham...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

The Pete Hurt Jazz Orchestra: A New Start

Dave Powell | Henry Lowther | Jim Rattigan | Jon Scott | Josephine Davies | Kate Williams | Martin Hathaway | Mick Foster | Mick Hutton | Nick Costley-White

Hurt, long a notable presence on the metropolitan scene released a small big band album on Spotlite way back in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016

Ergo: If Not Inertia

Brett Sroka | Mary Halvorson | Sam Harris | Sebastian Kruger | Shawn Baltazor

Trombonist Brett Sroka may be an Ellington freak but he is also a film composer and a member of psych...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2012

Stanley Turrentine: Look Out

Al Harewood | George Duvivier | George Tucker | Herbie Lewis | Horace Parlan | Les McCann | Max Roach | Otis Finch | Roy Brooks | Shirley Scott

Another of Jazz Images’ curious re-packings in which the headlining album is accompanied by three ‘bonus’ sessions which somehow don’t...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: March/2020

Joshua Redman Quartet: Long Gone

Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman

This November's EFG London Jazz Festival reunion of saxophone star Joshua Redman's quartet featuring three of the classiest sidekicks in...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2022

Maraton

Christian Haase | Jonathan Ludvigsen | Lasse Sonne | Maria Dybbroe

At this stage, it’s difficult to pinpoint who was the first person to propose the idea of music conceived as...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Andrew Rathbun: Shadow Forms II

Born in Toronto but now a New York resident, saxophonist Rathbun is a conceptualist who alongside bassist Scott Lee and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Torsten Goods: Love Comes To Town

Christian von Kaphengst | Jan Miserre | Torsten Goods | Wolfgang Haffner

This third release on ACT sees a welcome return to the recording studio for guitar ace and singer Torsten Goods....

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2013

Transatlantic Five: Transitions

Christian Raymond | Christopher Dell | Ken Vandermark | Klaus Kugel | Nate Wooley

As the name suggests, this new quintet convenes seasoned avant-gardists from America (Wooley and Vandermark) and Europe (Dell, Raymond and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2023

Oscar Jerome: Breathe Deep

As a graduate from Trinity and the hip young South-east London scene, the Gil Scott-Heron-influenced young singer-songwriter-guitarist from up-and-coming Afrobeat...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020