Kevin Eubanks Stanley Jordan: Duets

Kit Downes | Lewis Wright

An artful alliance of two of jazz's more accessible guitarists, Duets bears curious comparison to the recently released Brit-based alliance...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2018

Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums

Four albums over three different labels by one of hard bop's original enfant terribles. Dizzy Atmosphere is performed by a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2020

Elan Mehler: Trouble in Mind

Elan Mehler

This solo piano recording was made by Elan Mehler in New Orleans on the eve of the 2020 pandemic.The Boston-born,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024

Tom Syson: Different Coloured Days

David Ferris | Jonathan Silk | Pete Hutchinson | Tom Barford | Tom Syson

Tom Syson, the trumpet lead in the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, opened his account as leader in an assertive manner with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Jim Black/AlasNoAxis: Antiheroes

Chris Speed | Hilmar Jensson | Jim Black | Skúli Sverrisson

Born in Seattle but today resident in Brooklyn, Jim Black is known for bringing Balkan music into jazz, as a...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: August/2013

Dinah Washington: Hits and Classics – The Singles Collection 1944-62

Arnett Cobb | Barry Galbraith | Bill Settles | Billy Bauer | Billy Mackell | Candido Camero | Cecil Payne | Charles Mingus | Charlie Harris | Charlie Shavers

The reissue spotlight seems to be turning back towards Dinah Washington, following the fine 2-CD collection issued last year to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2025

Johnny Scott Quintet: Purcell Variations For Five

Arthur Watts | Barry Morgan | David Snell | Duncan Lamont | Johnny Scott

Best known these days as a successful composer for TV and film, British flautist, Johnny Scott, started out as a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2014

Gene Segal: Spiral

Brian Charette | Bruce Cox | Gene Segal

The Russian-born, New York resident supplies all the tunes apart from an interpretation of Björk's ‘Hidden Place’. They are pleasing...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: August/2017

Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Twins II

Bob Mintzer | Don Alias | Jaco Pastorius | Jon Faddis | Pete Erskine | Randy Brecker | Toots Theilemans

A re-issue of a Japanese concert that's not always been easy to find, so doubly welcome in that it captures...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Randy Weston Trio Plus CecilPayne: With These Hands/The Modern Art Of Jazz/Jazz A La Bohemia

Ahmed Abdul-Malik | Al Dreares | Cecil Payne | Randy Weston | Ray Copland | Wilbert Hogan | Willie Jones

Though initially the Riverside label concerned itself with reissuing classic recordings by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013