John Coltrane Quartet: Both Directions At Once – The Lost Album
Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
Universal have been remarkably coy about The Lost Album with security surrounding its release the equal of that protecting the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018
Nicolas Meier World Group: Peaceful
Demi Garcia | Kevin Glasgow | Nicolas Meier | Richard Jones
The clues are in the titles. Meier's World Group, as opposed to his metal project, My Dark Side or his...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019
Kenny Barron Trio: Minor Blues
Ben Riley | George Mraz | Kenny Barron
It seems that the Japanese market can never get enough of piano trios. It all began back in the 1970s,...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2010
Matt Mitchell: Vista Accumulation
Chris Speed | Chris Tordoni | Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell
The 40-year-old Philadelphian contemporary jazz pianist and composer Matt Mitchell has earned a pedigree in recent years, recording with vanguardists...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016
Fergus Quill Trio: Zoop Zoop
According to Facebook, the Fergus Quill Trio is ‘a traditional piano trio’ and, inasmuch as there are three of them...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2021
Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles
Freddie Hubbard | Herbie Hancock | Ron Carter
Along with Maiden Voyage, Empyrean Isles represents Herbie Hancock’s finest work for Blue Note. Empyrean Isles is Hancock’s fourth album...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019
Bernd Reiter Quintet featuring Eric Alexander: Workout At Bird's Eye
Bernd Reiter | Eric Alexander | Helmut Kagerer | Olivier Hutman | Viktor Nyberg
The Austrian drummer here leads his European band and US guest in a tribute to Hank Mobley, taking in a...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: May/2016
Grant Green: Oleo
Adam Nussbaum | Jay Anderson | Joe Magnarelli | Stephen Riley
Blue Note can never be accused of fielding sub-standard rhythm sections to back their headliners, quite the contrary, they more...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2020
Paul Dunmall, BBC Concert Orchestra, Brian Irvine Ensemble: Montana Strange
This duo of Paul Dunmall and American drummer Tony Bianco recalls immediately Trane's work with Elvin Jones and later Rashied...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2012
Ricky Ford: The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’s Scene
Barry Altschul | Jerome Harris | Mark Soskin | Ricky Ford
A former Mercer Ellington, Mingus and Hampton sideman, Ford seemed to be everywhere for a while, recording prolifically and touring....
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022
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