Various Artists: West Side Story – Jazz Impressions

Musicians from André Previn to Dave Brubeck and from Annie Ross to Marian McPartland interpret the Bernstein score for West...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2015

Phil Haynes: Sanctuary

An engaging solo drums recording that's like a softly percussive version of Sanchez' Birdman. The drummer is an experienced veteran...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Slowly Rolling Camera: Where the Streets Lead

Chris Potter | Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Elliot Bennett | James Toll | Jasper Høiby | Jenni Curiel | Jon Visanji | Linda Kidwell | Lionel Handy

Eight years since their initial emergence and five releases in, Slowly Rolling Camera have been characterised at various points in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2021

David Murray: The Complete Black Saint And Soul Note Recordings Volume 2

Dave Burrell | David Murray | Ed Blackwell | Fred Hopkins | Joe Chambers | John Hicks | Kahil El'Zabar | Monika Larsson | Ralph Peterson | Rashied Ali

Needless to say, the tenor saxophonist has recorded enough for box sets to be issued every other month, so it...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

The Rempis/Daisy Duo: Second Spring

The feral tenor horn player Dave Rempis, an ex-member of Chicago's The Vandermark Five, and the drummer Tim Daisy join...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Matt Ulery: By a Little Light

A two-disc set by a Chicago-based chamber septet composer-bassist with some traits of the release label's owner Dave Douglas' work,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Lorraine Feather: Attachments

The journalist’s daughter, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter takes a conversational, Joni Mitchell-ish approach to originals in a band featuring Russell Ferrante, Dave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Lucy Ann Polk: But Beautiful

Formerly Les Brown's vocalist, Polk came off the road and devoted herself to studio work with Marty Paich and Dave...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Duke Ellington: Highlights of the Great 1940-1942 Band

One or two European reissues aside, RCA's own CDs of the Blanton-Webster band largely suffered from poor sound quality, but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Jim Black: Malamute

Chris Tordini | Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Óskar Guðjónsson

Jim Black emerged in New York's downtown scene of the 1990s, playing alongside Dave Douglas and Tim Berne. He went...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2017