Duets by Anouar Brahem’s accordionist and the classically-trained guitarist Seddiki, ranging from Greensleeves through Faure to their own improvisations and compositions.

After recent recordings with Mark Turner and Billy Hart, the pianist leads his own quartet through a programme of standards and blues, live at the Village Vanguard.
‘Its prime melodic voice is the veteran trumpeter Tom Harrell. Iverson extols the poetic vulnerability in his playing, particularly in such ballads as The Man I Love and Polka Dots and Moonbeam. The album’s effervescent swing is thanks to the top-flight rhythm team of bassist Ben Street and drummer Eric McPherson, whose subtle invention helps drive Denzil Best’s bebop groover Wee and two irresistibly bluesy Iverson originals.’

Wonderfully evocative solo bandoneon. No wonder Jean-Luc Godard whipped from it for both Nouvelle Vague and Histoire(s) du Cinéma.
Warmly recommended.

Scene-shifting 1967 recordings of three compositions by Annette Peacock. “Critics introduced new terms, describing this music as sparse, understated, minimal, radically lyrical,” she remembers.

Recently described by Vijay Iyer as ‘one of the greatest recorded works of all time.’ ‘His sound has strong resemblances to that of Miles Davis,’ noted the five-star Guardian review, back in 1978, ‘but Smith has absorbed the approaches of all the bebop trumpet heroes and redeployed them within a bold, vital and often ritualistic setting.’
With Charlie Haden, Lester Bowie, Kenny Wheeler…