Review of Richard Fairhurst/John Taylor: Duets

Richard Fairhurst/John Taylor: Duets

Kit Downes | Lewis Wright

Signum Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Richard Fairhurst has been a Steinway international artist since 1998 and initially joined forces with the world-class English piano veteran...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Review of Charlie Watts: Anthology

Charlie Watts: Anthology

Alan Skidmore | Annie Whitehead | Anthony Kerr | Bernard Fowler | Bill Eyden | Bill Lesage | Bobby Wellins | Brian Lemon | Charlie Watts | Chris Pyne

BMG

Rating: ★★★

During the 58 years of his day job with the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts released eight albums with his own...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: August/2023

Review of Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & The Trinity: Live At Montreux 1968

Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & The Trinity: Live At Montreux 1968

Brian Auger | Clive Thacker | David Ambrose | Julie Driscoll

Repertoire

Rating: ★★★

Early adopters in fusing jazz with R&B and the multi-hued psychedelic directions surfacing in 1967, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: February/2025

Review of Album Interview: Charles Lloyd And Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert

Album Interview: Charles Lloyd And Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert

Charles Lloyd | Eric Harland | Jason Moran | Maria Farantouri | Reuben Rogers | Socratis Sinopoulos | Takis Farazis

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This must have been one hell of a night. How rarely does the atmosphere at a concert come over as...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2011

Review of Album Interview: Erik Truffaz Quartet: El Tiempo de la Revolución

Album Interview: Erik Truffaz Quartet: El Tiempo de la Revolución

Anna Aaron | Benoît Corboz | Erik Truffaz | Marc Erbetta | Marcello Giuliani

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

With over 15 Blue Notes now to his name, the French-Swiss trumpeter Erik Truffaz' discography has been as patchy as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Review of Troyk-estra: Album Interview: Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2013

Troyk-estra: Album Interview: Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2013

Alex Bonney | Chris Montague | Courtney Brown | Imogen Hancock | James Allsopp | Joshua Blackmore | Kieran Stickle McLeod | Kit Downes | Louis Van Der Westhuizen | Mike Chillingworth

Impossible Ark

Rating: ★★★★

Originally commissioned by Jazzwise for its 15th anniversary festival at Ronnie Scott's in 2012, Troyk-estra sees the three members of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Review of SKRIM: The Crooked Path

SKRIM: The Crooked Path

Gard Nilssen | Morten Qvenild | Ståle Storl⊘kken | Stian Westerhus

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

Featuring a veritable ‘who’s who’ of Scandi-jazz legends (Storl⊘kken and Westerhus you’ll know of course, Qvenild and Nilssen have plied...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of Tom Harrell: Number Five

Tom Harrell: Number Five

Danny Grissett | Jonathan Blake | Tom Harrell | Ugonna Okegwo | Wayne Escoffery

HighNote Records

Rating: ★★★

Trumpeter Tom Harrell's long and highly respected career is marked by sound musical craftsmanship often enlivened by lyrical grace, all...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2012

Review of Echo Engine: Windjammer

Echo Engine: Windjammer

Adrian Newton | Daniel Biro | Rob Palmer | Theo Travis

Blue Scene Focus

Rating: ★★

Of the core trio, Palmer is best known to jazz audiences for his work with Jon Lloyd and John Law....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014

Review of John Abercrombie/Marc Johnson/Peter Erskine: Live At The Nightstage, Boston

John Abercrombie/Marc Johnson/Peter Erskine: Live At The Nightstage, Boston

John Abercrombie | Marc Johnson | Peter Erskine

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Abercrombie was too modest a musician to have a ‘pomp’, but hellfire, on this live recording he was in, let...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019

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