Jeff Coffin: Only the Horizon

Alana Rocklin | Béla Fleck | Bill Evans | Cory Wong | Daru Jones | Ibrou Dioubate | Jay Whyte | Jeff Coffin | Jon Cowherd | Keb Mo’

Coffin's best known for his association with the sprawling Dave Matthews Band, which mixes classic American rock with big brassy...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2024

Rob Luft: Life is the Dancer

Byron Wallen | Corrie Dick | Joe Webb | Joe Wright | Luna Cohen | Rob Luft | Tom McCredie

We need be gentle with Luft. He's spectacularly talented, but there can be costs to being the hardest working man...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2020

Nicola Conte: Love & Revolution

Gregory Porter | Jose James | Magnus Lindgren | Nailah Porter | Paolo Benedettini | Pietro Lusssu | Teppo Makynen | Till Bronner

Featuring a stellar line-up of international vocalists and instrumentalists, deluxe arrangements courtesy of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Magnus Lindgren, and a beautifully...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2011

Benedikt Jahnel Trio: Equilibrium

Benedikt Jahnel's day job may be as a researcher in mathematics at Ruhr university in Bochum, Germany, but he has...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Michel Camilo: What's Up?

Michel Camilo

It’s not a great title, is it? ‘Wassup!?’ – in the manner of those Budweiser ads – would have been...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013

Ballister: Znachki Stilyag

Dave Rempis | Fred Lonberg-Holm | Paal Nilssen-Love

This hardworking trio – celebrating its 10th year as an active entity – teams the Norwegian powerhouse drummer Nilssen-Love with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2020

Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: Songbook

Alan Broadbent | Dave Ohm | Georgia Mancio | Oli Hayhurst

From the incredibly touching album opener ‘The Journey Home’ to the hauntingly beautiful ‘Lullaby for MM’ with which it signs...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2017

Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts

Chris Lightcap | Chris Speed | Craig Taborn | Dave King

Daylight Ghosts is one of the most evocative and tantalising titles in recent memory, but, more to the point, it...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017

Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Blue Beginnings

Colin Purbrook | Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Trevor Tomkins

The repertoire of Jazz In Britain’s Blue Beginnings collection mostly mirrors that of the celebrated Rendell/Carr quintet’s 1965 debut Shades...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

Pete Magadini: Bones Blues

Dave Young | Don Menza | Pete Magadini | Wray Downes

Once during a conversation with Stan Getz I asked him why he seldom included any original compositions on his albums....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015