Foo Fighters' Medicine... a shot in the arm for fans If you're going to make a big to-do about your group turning 25 and hitting the double-figure milestone with studio albums, you need to back … Album Review • 06 Feb 21
Album Review: Una Mas - Kenny Dorham Trumpeter Kenny Dorham rustles up a bright, airy and indeed Cubano-tinged selection of tunes on Una Mas, which was first issued in 1963 and now … Music • 04 Feb 21
Album review: Dave Brubeck - Lullabies The late Dave Brubeck recorded this amiable, low-key album of new compositions and standards as a present for his grandchildren Music • 28 Jan 21
Review: Indestructible Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Horns in a tight ensemble setting, with borrowings from rhythm 'n' blues and gospel in the mix - the Jazz Messengers were at their musical … Music • 26 Jan 21
Album review: Bobby Hutcherson - The Kicker This warm, companionable session featuring ace vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson's first Blue Note session under his own name was recorded in December 1969, but not released … Music • 20 Jan 21
Album review: John Walsh - Irlandalucía Ireland should be proud of John Walsh, who has gained eminence in Spain, and indeed further afield for his brilliant mastery of Flamenco guitar, as … Music • 19 Jan 21
Album review: Lou Donaldson Alligator Boogaloo A young George Benson on guitar joins alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson's team for this pleasing 1967 vinyl reissue that is soaked in swing and R … Music • 12 Jan 21
Joni Mitchell Archive Volume 1 - The Early Years From a 1963 version of Molly Malone to early live recordings of future classics like Both Sides Now and Little Green, this five-disc boxset is … Album Review • 11 Nov 20
Album review - John Coltrane: A Love Supreme/Ballads Recorded in December of 1964 and released in 1965, two years before his death at the age of forty, A Love Supreme is saxophonist John … Features • 03 Nov 20
Bruce Springsteen battles the war on hugs on new album As this war on hugs continues, the sonic cavalry has arrived exactly when needed most Album Review • 25 Oct 20
Album review: Andrew Hill Smoke Stack Pianist Andrew Hill's appealing if challenging Blue Note album from 1966 takes no prisoners, you'd better be into improv and wandering airs. Music • 10 Sep 20
Review: Just Coolin' Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers This previously unreleased studio album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers from 1959 should be Mannah from heaven for lovers of curiously easeful hard … Features • 03 Sep 20
Album review: Kenny Dorham Trompeta Toccata The final album as leader from trumpeter Kenny Dorham, reissued on vinyl from the original 1964 release, thrives on tremulous sweetness and a flighty but … Kenny Dorham • 02 Sep 20
Album review: Dominic Ingham Role Models It's a brave man who launches his violin-led jazz album. But then again, it's brave man who releases any jazz album and Dominic Ingham's debut … Features • 11 Aug 20
Album review: Elvin Jones - Mr Jones Mr Jones is a lively, at times symphonic experience on which the esteemed drummer is joined by a host of accomplished sidemen to create a … Music Reviews • 15 Jul 20
Cyrillus Kreek The Suspended Harp of Babel The many devotees of the music of Arvo Pärt should logically be interested in the music of fellow Estonian Cyrillus Kreek who was a meticulous … Music Reviews • 01 Jul 20
Album review: John Scofield Swallow Tales There is something endearingly low-key about veteran guitarist John Scofield's readings of old Steve Swallow tunes, and to make it all the more of an … Music Reviews • 14 Jun 20
Album review: Jon Balke Discourses The Norwegian musician, Jon Balke, born 1955, returns with a series of piano exercises, some of them improvised and ranging from the astringent to the … Music Reviews • 11 Jun 20
John Sheahan reels in the years on debut solo album The man with one of the kindest faces has smiled upon us with one of the sweetest albums. Album Review • 24 Apr 20
Album review: Aaron Diehl – The Vagabond Pianist Aaron Diehl's The Vagabond refers to what he calls his 'itinerant (musical) existence', venturing ouas he has done from the Julliard School through African-American … Music • 26 Feb 20
Tony Williams: Foreign Intrigue Tony Williams, legendary drummer with Miles Davis Quintet, led his own recording session in Foreign Intrigue, released in 1985. It's an exhilarating album, the players … Music • 05 Feb 20
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Buhaina's Delight Here we have impeccably groomed music from guys who know their stuff, loose yet supple bebop from a 1961 New Jersey session with Wayne Shorter … Music • 29 Jan 20
McLaughlin, Mahadevan, Hussain - Is That So? John McLaughlin's cautionary, humble words in a CD liner note suggest some nervousness about how his synth guitar might be received. He needn't have worried. … Music • 22 Jan 20
Alone Together Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden Legendary saxophonist Lee Konitz and bassist Charlie Haden team up with pianist Brad Mehldau for this delightful double album of standards, recorded in Los Angeles … Music • 14 Jan 20
Album Review:Julia Hülsmann Quartet - Not far From Here German pianist Julia Hülsmann and her quartet have delivered an absorbing, at times challenging album in Not Far From Here, featuring compositions from all the … Music • 19 Dec 19
