Jon Regen: Satisfied Mind

Dave McMurray | Gino Robair | Jeremy Stacey | Jon Regen | Judith Owen | Julia Kent | Katie Jacoby | Larry Goldings | Matt Johnson | Pino Palladino

“I called the album Satisfied Mind because it's the first time a collection of songs truly sounds like me”, New...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2023

Charenee Wade: Offering: The Music Of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Alvester Garnett | Brandon McCune | Charenee Wade | Christian McBride | Dave Stryker | Lakecia Benjamin | Lonnie Plaxico | Malcolm Jamal-Warner | Marcus Miller | Stefon Harris

Not for nothing did Christian McBride recently describe singer Wade as “the second coming of Betty Carter”. Hearing the master...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2015

The Gerry Mulligan Sextet: Night Lights + Butterfly With Hiccups

Art Farmer | Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Hal Blaine | Jim Hall | Jimmy Bond | John Gray | Mulligan

Two ex-Limelight albums combined, and featuring the short-lived 1960s Mulligan sextet, together with a couple of live tracks for good...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2021

Ran Blake: Ghost Tones

Aaron Hartley | Brad Barrett | Charles Burchell | Dave Fabris | David Flaherty | Doug Pet | Eric Lane | Jason Yeager | Luke Moldof | Peter Konagy

An absorbing project that pays tribute to Blake's inspiration and colleague, George Russell, done the year after the latter's death....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015

Slowly Rolling Camera: Juniper

Aidan Thorne | Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Elliot Bennett | James Copus | Mark Lockheart | Neil Yates | Nicolas Kummert | Sam Glaser | Stuart McCallum

Juniper marks a return to deep roots for Slowly Rolling Camera. Much loved as Dionne Bennett's vox were, the band...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018

Charlie Rouse: Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues/Takin' Care Of Business!/Getting' Into Somethin'

Art Taylor | Billy Gardner | Blue Mitchell | Charlie Rouse | Clark Terry | Curtis Fuller | Dave Bailey | Earl May | Gildo Mahones | Horace Parlan

When, in 1959, Charlie Rouse took over the tenor sax chair in Thelonious Monk's Quartet, it could have turned out...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2012

Various Artists: West Meets East: Indian Music and its Influence on the West

Though it was George Harrison who first introduced Indian music to mainstream Western pop audiences through his sitar embellishment on...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: October/2020

Album Interview: Georgia Mancio: Silhouette

This third studio release from Georgia Mancio is as thoughtful, assiduously crafted and lovingly realized an album as you'll hear...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan: The Complete Recordings 1952-1957

Al Cohn | Annie Ross | Bob Bates | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Carter | Bob Enevoldsen | Bob Whitlock | Bud Shank | Carson Smith | Chet Baker

One star? Yes, you read it correctly the first time. Had this been compiled in a manner that this music...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Tony Kinsey: The Tony Kinsey Collection 1953-61

Alan Branscombe | Art Ellefson | Bill Le Sage | Bob Efford | Christopher Logue | Dave Shepherd | Dave Willis | Dill Jones | Don Rendell | Eric Dawson

Here are drummer Kinsey's mid-twentieth century small group recordings spread over six rewarding CDs. 105 tracks in all, quartets and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2013