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 Stanley Turrentine - That's Where It's At Saturated in soul and blues, That's Where It's At is a warmly appealing piece of work from saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, which was first released in … Music • 27 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
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
Jake Stanley - Fix up Yer Courage, Fasten Yer Smile Every song sounds individuated, considered, cherished on Jake Stanley's remarkable second album sung by a dream team, featuring Stanley's resonant vocal and Susanna Goodright's sweet … Features • 15 Oct 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
Gerald Clayton Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard is mostly an energetic, if not cerebral post-Bop set, with occasional relief from the frenzy, in quiet and wistful … Features • 18 Aug 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
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
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
Album review: John Scofield Hand Jive Funk, restrained or lively, is the dominant note in this session recorded at The Power Station in New York in 1983, featuring the revered guitarist … Music • 18 Dec 19
Conor O'Sullivan - His Mind Invents Its Own Tragedy There is a lighter touch to these new songs from Cork troubadour Conor O'Sullivan, the dark import and wryly reflective vision may not have changed … Album Review • 28 Nov 19
Charles Lloyd Quartet - Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 These are historic recordings in that Charles Lloyd was the first international artist to grace the stage at the inaugural Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 … Music • 26 Nov 19
Album review: Christy Moore - Magic Nights Christy Moore returns in time for Christmas with a new live album featuring 26 tracks across two CDs which show that authentic voice in fine … Music • 26 Nov 19
