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

Ray Charles: Genius + Jazz = Soul/Genius of Ray Charles

Two classic albums originally on Impulse! and Atlantic that put Ray with members of the Basie and Ellington bands with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Jeff Reid: Look For The Light

Electric bassist Reed's quintet debut (with bass clarinettist Todd Marcus and trumpeter Sean Jones) has a straightahead, post-fusion kick that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Bobby Scott/Larry Elgart: Joyful Noises/The City

Fascinating third stream from multiinstrumentalist Scott and big bands directed by Quincy Jones and Elgart, making this an album worth...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016

Red Mitchell/Harold Land Quintet: Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

The Atlantic reissue programme contains some real gems, and this set with the two principals paced by the energetic and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Camilla George: Ibio-Ibio

Camilla George | Daniel Casimir | Daru Jones | Kadialy Kouyate | Lady Sanity | Renato Paris | Rosie Turton | Sarah Tandy | Sheila Maurice-Grey | Shirley Tetteh

Born in Nigeria and of Afro-Caribbean heritage, Camilla George is in constant contact with all kinds of groove. Ibio-Ibio continues...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: October/2022

Album Interview: Colin Steele Quintet: Even in the Darkest Places

Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan | Michael Buckley | Stu Ritchie

The album title reflects a gruelling five-year period for Colin Steele following a series of events that revolved around him...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One

Denys Baptiste | Jacob Gryn | Joel Waters | Josh Short | Sultan Stevenson

Young Sultan Stevenson, the latest Tomorrow's Warriors alumnus to emerge blinking into the daylight, wants us to listen to his...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2023

Ed Motta: Behind the Tea Chronicles

Alberto Continentino | Czech FILMharmonic Orchestra | Ed Motta | João Oliveira | Michel Limma | Paulette McWilliams | Phillip Ingram | Sergio Mello

In his native Brazil, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Ed Motta is known as a rock and soul artist, but with...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Charlie Pyne: Nature is a Mother

Charlie Pyne | Katie Patterson | Liam Dunachie | Luke Pinkstone

Singing female double bass players? Hmmm… well, there’s Esperanza, and, er… oh yes! - Charlie Pyne from North London. Forgive...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2024