Joe Alterman: Give Me The Simple Life
Herlin Riley | Houston Person | James Cammack | Joe Alterman
Sleevenote-wise, everybody is saying nice things about pianist Joe Alterman, particularly soul-tenor icon Houston Person, who guests on several tracks,...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2012
Chris Morrissey: North Hero
Aaron Parks | Chris Morrissey | Mark Guiliana | Mike Lewis
Chris Morrissey is a young New York-based bassist originally from the Minnesota area with a circle of collaborators that that...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Elliot Galvin Trio: Dreamland
In the midst of winning awards left right and centre, pianist Elliot Galvin opens up his account with an album...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016
Kevin Hays, Ben Street, Billy Hart: All Things Are
This is from a live-stream session beamed to the world by Smoke Jazz Club, on New York's Broadway, ostensibly to...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Rising Grace
Ambrose Akinmusire | Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Larry Grenadier | Wolfgang Muthspiel
Line-ups don't come much more star-studded than this one, but it remains a fact that such endeavours in jazz often...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Aaron Parks: Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man
Aaron Parks | David Ginyard Jr | Greg Tuohey | Tommy Crane
You can draw a line from Aaron Parks' 2008 debut Invisible Cinema and Little Big to the new CD Little...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020
Chris Hyson: Little Moon Man EP (played by Kit Downes)
London-based Chris Hyson studied double bass on a Masters programme at the Royal Academy of Music. But when composing the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Anöna Trio: One January Morning
Imogen Ryall | Julian Nicholas | Mark Edwards
From its opening track, in which vocalist Imogen Ryall and sax player Julian Nicholas soar in unison over Mark Edwards'...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2019
Paul Shaw Quintet: Moment of Clarity
Alex Sipiagin | Brad Shepik | Drew Gress | Gary Versace | Paul Shaw
The New Jersey-raised Paul Shaw is steeped in the drumming arts. He started playing aged five, powered the bands of...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2020
Jeff Ballard Trio: Time's Tales
Jeff Ballard | Lionel Loueke | Miguel Zenón
Brad Mehldau does a great homage to the progenitors of heavy metal on his track ‘Sabbath’, so it seems only...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2014
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