Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice

Calvin Turner | Danny Sadownick | featuring The Dirty Dozen Horns | Jon Cleary | Nigel Hall | Shane Theriot | Terence Higgins

A long time part of Bonnie Raitt's band, and a fine contributor to Rickie Lee Jones’ current and superb album,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015

The Cookers: Time and Time Again

Billy Harper | Billy Hart | Cecil McBee | David Weiss | Donald Harrison | Eddie Henderson | George Cables

This really is the best working band anywhere at the moment. Six long-overlooked legendary jazz musicians (plus the underrated talent...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Wycliffe Gordon: Dreams of New Orleans

Adrian Cunningham | Ibanda Ruhumbika | Jon-Erik Kelso | Marion Felder | Matt Munisteri | Michael Dease | Wycliffe Gordon

Gordon is something of a phenomenon among present-day trombonists, as adept at replicating Tricky Sam Nanton's shouts and howls as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2013

Soren Bebe Trio featuring Marc Johnson: Eva

This Copenhagen-based pianist showcased at Jazzahead this year, and here alongside the American bassist Marc Johnson, he leads a moody,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Melodic Art-Tet

Ahmed Abdullah | Charles Brackeen | Roger Blank | Tony Waters | William Parker

In the last few years, the Lithuanian NoBusiness label has been doing a fantastic job of unearthing previously unheard sessions...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2013

Anne-Gabriel Debaecker/Patrick Defossez/Simon Goubert: Pourquoi Tant De…?

Anne-Gabriel Debaecker | Patrick Defossez | Simon Goubert

As the name might suggest, the music of Autres Voix de Piano is piano-derived but looks beyond that instrument’s traditional...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: October/2011

Stéphane Grappelli: Plays Jerome Kern

Stéphane and his regular group are backed by strings on a collection of Kern material, but he seems somewhat weighed...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Jimmy Scott/Oscar Brown Jr: Five Classic Albums

Charles Mingus | Dave Bailey | Howard Biggs | Jimmy Scott | Mundell Lowe | Oscar Brown Jr

This latest release in Avid Jazz’s Five Classic Albums series is a superb 2-CD set featuring three albums by vocalist...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022

Tom Bancroft's In Common: Love and Stillness

Gina Rae | Graeme Stephen | Gyan Singh | Inge Thomson | Sharat Chandra Srivastava | Sophie Bancroft | Tom Bancroft

Drummer-composer Tom Bancroft has been working roots music into quirkily energetic jazz improv-based ensemble settings during the past couple of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019

Tineke Postma: Freya

Dan Weiss | Kris Davis | Matthew Brewer | Ralph Alessi | Tineke Postma

This is the first album as leader by Tineke Postma since 2014’s Sonic Halo, where she shared the frontline with...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2020