HankJones: Live at Jazzhus Slukefter Vol. 2

Hank Jones | Mads Vinding | Shelly Manne

Taking a standard like ‘All The Things You Are’ and finding fresh things to say on the head, and then...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2020

Zoöphyte: Signs of Life

Andrew Cleyndert | Graeme Flowers | Kitty Whitelaw | Nick Mills | Peter Jones | Rob Luft | Ross Stanley | Sophie Alloway | Vasilis Xenopoulos | Will Fry

Although released as a band recording, this is very much a vehicle for Peter Jones' talents: as well as his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2020

Louis Armstrong: The OKeh Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings 1925-33

Baby Dodds | Budd Johnson | Chick Webb | Don Redman | Earl Hines | Johnny Dodds | Keg Johnson | Kid Ory | Lawrence Brown | Lil Armstrong

The box title should be sufficient recommendation to anyone who doesn't possess this music already. This was the period when...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2013

Paier Valcic Quartet: Cinema Scenes

Asja Valcic | Klaus Paier | Roman Werni | Stefan Gfrerrer

You will, perhaps, not be surprised to learn that the Paier Valcic Quartet's Cinema Scenes has what might be termed...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2018

João Gilberto: The Legend

Hard on the heels of the Malanga collection reviewed last month, this 2-CD set adds 78s, EPs and film soundtracks...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2013

Stan Sulzmann/John Taylor: Double Exposure

John Taylor | Stan Sulzmann

An interesting lost work, which was presumably intended for release at the time but probably abandoned by the producers as...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2017

Hans Koller/Oscar Pettiford Quartett: Black Forest Echoes

Atilla Zoller | Hans Koller | Jimmy Pratt | Oscar Pettiford

A hitherto unheard gem from the legendary MPS archives, this splendid session, recorded at his villa by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2022

A Northern Code: Boundaries

A trio, led by Bergen-based, Scottish-born guitarist Andrew Robb, stretches the boundaries of form in a session combining a spacey,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Akira Sakata/Simon Nabatov/Takashi Seo/Darren Moore: Not Seeing Is A Flower

Recorded live in a venue close to Tokyo at the end of a Japanese tour last year, this collaboration between...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Eddie Jefferson: The Jazz Singer

Billy Hart | Eddie Jefferson | George Duvivier | Harold Mabern

For fans of vocal jazz, Eddie Jefferson's The Jazz Singer, subtitled Vocal Improvisations on Famous Jazz Solos, is one of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017