Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith: 100 Classic Recordings 1925-53
Bowler-hatted, cigar-chomping, the Harlem stride pianist and composer Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith – the nickname came from his prowess as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022
Nigel Price Organ Trio: That’s It. Right There
Joel Barford | Nigel Price | Ross Stanley
The album title seems to say it all. This is what the Price organ trio is destined to do. No...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Bill Evans: Evans in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert
Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Marty Morell
By the time this was recorded, Evans had been working with Eddie Gomez for the best part of four and...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Art Pepper: Geneva 1980
Art Pepper | Carl Burnett | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas
In 1980, Pepper was aged 54. Despite a career full of might-have-beens and what-if’s, he had, with the help of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2025
Steve Cardenas, Andrew Zimmerman, Lionel Loueke, Skúlli Sverrisson, Francisco Mela, Jason Palmer: Newvelle Season Three
Commitment is a principle that runs deep in the ethos of Nevelle Records, its loyal subscribers and, most importantly, its...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: November/2018
Charles Rouse: Two Is One
After a decade playing in Thelonious Monk's band, tenor-man Charles Rouse was clearly primed to stretch out into open ground....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013
Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey: Zurich Concerts: 15 Years of Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey
Swiss double-bassists Daniel Studer and Peter K Frey have been working together as improvisers for 15 years – a milestone...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2016
Large Unit: Erta Ale
You know you're dealing with a huge sound when Paal Nilssen-Love isn't even the loudest thing in the room. This...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015
Metheny/Garbarek/Burton/Colley/Gottlieb/McCandless/SWR Big Band: Hommage á Eberhard Weber
This would be a significant release if only for the presence of a major new composition from Metheny. The fact...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Johan Lindvall: Om Du Reser Mycket
The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra has been a fertile breeding ground in establishing Norwegian jazz’s unique identity since the 1990s, with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022
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