Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band: Antidote

Steve Davis | Marcus Gilmore | Carlitos Del Puerto | Nino de los Reys | Chick Corea | Gayle Moran Corea | Michael Rodriguez | Maria Bianca | Rubén Blades | Jorge Prado

There's no shortage of compositions – not least ‘Spain’ – or albums by Chick Corea that reflect his love of...

Reviewed in issue September/2019

Philip Bailey: Love Will Find a Way

Earth, Wind & Fire's original vocalist pays warm tribute to soul music heroes Curtis and Marvin with the gloss of...

Reviewed in issue August/2019

Tony Bennett and Diana Krall: Love Is Here To Stay

Kenny Washington | Diana Krall | Peter Washington | Tony Bennett | Bill Charlap

While Bennett and Krall have recorded together before, on Bennett's albums Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues (2001)...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

John Scofield: Combo 66

John Scofield | Vicente Archer | Gerald Clayton | Bill Stewart

This set of all-new John Scofield originals celebrates the Grammygathering guitarist's 66th birthday – but if his senior citizenship inclines...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Banda Magda: Tigre

Chris Bullock | Andres Rotmistrovsky | Keita Ogawa | Mika Mimura | James Shipp | Magda Giannikou | Justin Stanton | Maeve Gilchrist | Ricardo Vogt | Bob Lanzetti

Magda Giannikou is a Greek-born multi-instrumentalist with a vast imagination and a synaesthetic approach to composition, with ideas and sound...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Miles Mosley: Uprising

Tony Austin | Brandon Coleman | Leah Zeger | Nia Andrews | Sonnet Simmons | Peter Jacobson | Ryan Porter | Erin Athey | Zane Musa | Chris Votek

The impact of Kamasi Washington's The Epic, and his presence on Kendrick Lamar's jazz-infused hip hop classic To Pimp A...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Charlie Parker: Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes

Luis Miranda | Hank Jones | Curley Russell | Tommy Potter | Benny Harris | Max Roach | Jimmy Carroll | Thelonious Monk | Kenny Dorham | Roy Haynes

Charlie Parker didn't invent the idea of releasing the alternate takes that occur, for musical or technical reasons, during studio...

Reviewed in issue September/2016

Fabrizio Bosso: Duke

This is the warm-toned, suave Italian trumpeter's 17th album as bandleader and fourth for Verve, playing the hits of Duke...

Reviewed in issue September/2015

Andreas Varady

Roy Hargrove | Harvey Mason | Paulinho da Costa | Brian Bromberg | Dave Weckl | Gregory Porter | Greg Phillinganes | Andreas Varady | Paulinho Da Costa

That the Slovakian-born guitarist is only 17 and a precociously gifted technician is the hook here. It starts promisingly with...

Reviewed in issue November/2014

Diana Krall: Wallflower

David Foster | Diana Krall

Produced by David Foster, who also takes on main piano duties, this new studio album from Diana Krall presents a...

Reviewed in issue October/2014