Abbey Lincoln: Sophisticated Abbey

Abbey Lincoln | Doug Sides | James Leary | Phil Wright

In this centenary year of Billie Holiday's birth, the release of a concert performance that brings any kind of attention...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015

Enrico Pieranunzi & Thomas Fonnesbæk: Blue Waltz

Enrico Pieranunzi | Thomas Fonnesbæk

Blue Waltz captures the Italian maestro in relaxed mood in duo with Thomas Fonnesbæk, the Danish bassist who has been...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Louis Hayes and Company: The Super Quartet

Essiet Essiet | Javon Jackson | Kirk Lightsey | Louis Hayes

Timeless can spring to slip cases for its remastered Legacy reissues but absolutely no sleeve notes. For over 50 years,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Gabrielle Ducomble: Notes from Paris

Notes from Paris via London by a French mainstream vocalist singing classics from the French songbook (with a band that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Trio

Al McKibbon | Art Blakey | Ben Riley | Charlie Rouse | Ernie Henry | Frankie Dunlop | Gary Mapp | Henry | John Ore | Kenny Clarke

There's some serious stuff on the first two reissues, especially the Monk Trio. Mostly consisting of the three relevant Prestige...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015

George Shearing: On the Sunny Side of the Strip/On Stage!

Live Capitol sessions from the 1960 edition of the Shearing quintet in its Latin stage with Armando Peraza on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2013

Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised…Plus

Bernard Purdie | Gil Scott-Heron | Hubert Laws | Ron Carter

If there is such a thing as ‘reissue fatigue’ then this music has never succumbed to it. Although made available...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2017

Kevin Harris Project: Museum Vol.1

Jason Palmer | Kendall Eddy | Kevin Harris | Richie Barshay | Rick Dimuzio | Steve Langone

Harris is anything but a household name yet his sideman credits include Eddie Gomez, Cecil McBee and Terri Lyne Carrington...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2013

Jessica Lauren: Four

Airy club (though acoustic) grooves from a nu-jazz pianist with latin percussion inflections and contributions from gospel-ish soul vocalist Jocelyn...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Felix Blume: Death In Haiti: Funeral Brass Bands And Sounds From Port Au Prince

Blagueur Ti Batau | Maestro Midouin | Maestro Ronald | Maestro Turenne | Maestro Walter

Jean Toussaint's ‘Mandingo Brass’, a highlight of his excellent gig at Ronnie Scott's last month, was a timely reminder of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018