Matt Kane Trio: Suit Up!

From Kansas to New York, Kane is the hard swingin’ drummer in this regular B-3 guitar trio playing covers and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Delfeayo Marsalis: Kalamazoo

Delfeayo Marsalis | Ellis Marsalis | Ralph Peterson | Reginald Veal

This is straightahead, swinging, unpretentious quartet jazz played by the trombone-wielding scion of the Marsalis clan with his father’s ever-thoughtful...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Coleman Hawkins: The Lost 1950 Munich Concert

Not a reissue but a newly released 1950 concert, this is a valuable recording by Hawk, with James Moody and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Geoff Eales: Invocation

Geoff Eales

There's nowhere to hide when you go it alone as a musician. But Geoff Eales has nothing to fear from...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Mal Waldron: Hard Talk

Allen Blairman | Isla Eckinger | Mal Waldron | Manfred Schoof | Steve Lacy

From the mid-period of his career, this reissue finds Waldron settled into his lengthy European sojourn, performing live at the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014

John Pope & John Garner: Water Music

John Garner | John Pope

There's a certain economy and simplicity about the idea of duets for double bass and violin – and not a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2023

Leo Appleyard: Pembroke Road

Duncan Eagles | Eric Ford | Leo Appleyard | Max Luthert | Neil Yates

Guitarist Leo Appleyard makes his debut as a leader on CD with this thoughtful collection of eight originals and one...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2014

The Trackers: Gary Husband and Alf Terje Hana: Vaudeville 8:45

Alf Terje Hana | Étienne M'Bappé | Gary Husband | Guy Pratt | Jimmy Haslip | Jimmy Johnson | Kevin Scott | Mark King | Oyvind Grong

Husband describes this music as addressing his sense of loss since the death of his Yorkshire guitarist soulmate Allan Holdsworth....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022

Brian Bromberg: Bromberg Plays Hendrix

Airto Moreira | Alex Acuna | Brian Bromberg | Corey Allen | Gary Meek | George Duke | Jeff Lorber | Joe Taylor | Larry Goldings | Mike Shapiro

Bromberg is the genre meister: he’ll fit into any style, a Zelig of the bass who's worn the motley of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2012

Allison Neale: Quietly There

Seattle-born altoist Neale's light-touch style owes much to ] the influence of her chosen mentors, Art Pepper and Paul Desmond....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2015