Jen Kearney: To The Moon

This singer-songwriter and her backing band has a retro 1970s jazzy R&B vibe, and is on similar ground musically to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Charlie Parker: Integrale Vol 8: Laura

The estimable plan to present all of Bird in chronological order reaches 1950, with the Hank Jones quartet, the Granz...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Peggy Lee: Four Classic Albums

This is music from Peggy's great period, 1956-61, topped off with Quincy Jones' peerless arrangements for Blues Cross Country, but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Forrest Westbrook: The Remarkable Forrest Westbrook: His Trio and Quartet

Remarkable is the word, as Fresh Sound brings back yet another artist from obscurity, in this case a dazzlingly inventive...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Jesper Thilo Quartet: Swing is the Thing

Danish saxophone legend who has recorded with swing giants such as Hank Jones and Clark Terry both growls and purrs...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Herb Geller: Four Classic Albums

Gems from Geller's early (1955-59) career, two by his quartet with wife Lorraine, one by a bebop band with Kenny...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Count Basie: Basie on the Beatles

The original LP being quite short in duration, it has had several incarnations on CD, matched-up with another album, such...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Paul Gonsalves/Clark Terry Quintet: Complete Recordings

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Paul Chambers | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Flanagan

Moonlighting from the Ellington band, CT, Gonsalves, plus Messrs Woode and Woodyard created this fine collection from 1956-58 that’s only...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Hadley Caliman: Projecting/Celebration

These two albums by this little-known West Coast tenorist are his finest work, of which the second, a quartet with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2016

The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!!

The New Jersey-born 18-piece bandleader takes on the might of Frank Zappa again with a fire in his belly but...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014