The Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts/Frank Basile Sextet: In The Empire State

Frank Basile | Jeb Patton | Matt Fishwick | Mike Karn | Osian Roberts | Steve Fishwick

For my (rapidly falling off the perch) generation, the British trumpet player was unquestionably Jimmy Deuchar. And for those who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2016

Jim Hall: Three Classic Albums Plus

This excellent double-album compendium captures the earliest recordings of Jim Hall, the quintessential example of a guitarist's guitarist. You don't...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2019

Jim Black Trio: Actuality

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

Have Germany's Winter & Winter label stopped doing their special cardboard CD design packaging? Well, as they say, it's the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Ron Carter/Michael and Florian Arbenz: The Alpine Session: Arbenz vs Arbenz Meets Ron Carter

Florian Arbenz | GMichael Arbenz | Ron Carter

Although the Swiss Arbenz twins have toured and recorded with the likes of Greg Osby, Dave Liebman, Marc Johnson, Kirk...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025

Alex Hitchcock/Ant Law: Same Moon in the Same World

Alex Hitchcock | Ant Law | Ben Williams | Eric Harland | Jasper Høiby | Jeff Ballard | Joel Ross | Kendrick Scott | Linda May Han Oh | Sun-Mi Hong

London-born saxophonist Alex Hitchcock is only six years out of the Royal Academy of Music's jazz course, but he's already...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2023

John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable

Ambrose Akinmusire | David Binney | John Escreet | Matt Brewer | Nasheet Waits

In such a short space of time, the Doncaster-born pianist and composer John Escreet has made quite an impact on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Judy Niemack: What's Love?

Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Joe Farnsworth | Judy Niemack | Peter Bernstein | Sullivan Fortner

Recorded over two days at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, this fine new album from...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2023

Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth

Aaron Johnson | Armand Hirsch | Bryan Carter | Emmet Cohen | Veronica Swift | Yasushi Nakamura

Veronica Swift's second album for Mack Avenue is an eclectic, unforgettable delight, with the singer's out-and-out virtuosity perfectly matched by...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2021

Jeff Williams: Live at London Jazz Festival: Road Tales

Jeff Williams | John O'Gallagher | Josh Arcoleo | Sam Lasserson

Jeff Williams, the Ohio-born drummer and composer who has played with the best in both New York and London (Dave...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2021

Josephine Davies’ Satori: How Can We Wake?

Josephine Davies

How Can we Wake? is saxophonist-composer Josephine Davies's trio Satori's third – and second ‘live’ – album since forming in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020