Lauren Henderson: Árame

A singer with a stylistic yet sensuous delivery filters her Caribbean and latin sensibilities through a selection of soul, jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Wallace Roney: Home

Caspar Brötzmann | Danny Longman | Eduardo Delgado Lopez

This is at times an emotionally exhausting but extremely impressive recording. Though he's recently been experimenting with a larger ensemble,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2020

Shorter Moments: Exploring the World of Wayne

Alexa Tarantino | David Ashkenazy | Ed Cherry | Farnell Newton | Jared Gold | Jordan Young | Orrin Evans | Out to Dinner | Sam Yahel | Walt Weiskopf

Since the lockdowns of 2020-21, there has been a rise in the number of solo albums ‘inspired by the opportunity...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2022

Tony Kofi and the Organisation: Point Blank

Pete Whittaker | Peter Cater | Simon Fensby | Tony Kofi

Hard bop, Monk and organpowered soul-jazz are among prizewinning UK saxophonist Tony Kofi's favourite inspirations. Untypically, for his music-of-now Brit-jazz...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2018

Dave and Don Grusin: One Night Only!

Two super smooth bruvs in a rare piano duet live in Munich take to rather bland Fabulous Baker Boys barroom...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Tierney Sutton: After Blue

Hubert Laws | Larry Goldings | Peter Erskine | Tierney Sutton | Turtle Island Quartet

Grammy nominated in the ‘Best Jazz Vocal Album’ category, After Blue presents one of the finest homages to Joni Mitchell's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2014

Various Artists: Jazz On Film – The New Wave II

Barney Wilen | Cleo Laine | David Raksin | Donald Byrd | Johnny Dankworth | Michel Legrand

This starry, talent-packed deluxe box, containing eight CDs and a dcopious stills-illustrated booklet, enlarges on the Moochin' About label's first...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: August/2016

Sanuel Blaser/Marc Ducret: Audio Rebel

Recorded several years ago in Rio, Swiss trombonist Blaser and French guitarist Marc Ducret's dialogue calls on blues, rock and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Julian Lage: Arclight

Julian Lage | Kenny Wolleson | Scott Colley

Childhood prodigies rarely soar in their maturity, but Lage, now in his late twenties, is starting to lay down some...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2016

Antonio Sánchez: New Life

Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson

New Life is a giant step forward in the career of the brilliant drummer, whose work on so many Pat...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2018