Riverside: The New National Anthem
Chet Doxas | Dave Douglas | Jim Doxas | Steve Swallow
Django Bates has reminded us that it's 50 years since Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. But it's also,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2017
Ken Peplowski & Alan Barnes: At The Watermill
Alan Barnes | Dave Green | John Pearce | Ken Peplowski | Steve Brown
This is the third pairing of these two reedmen to appear on Barnes’ own label. Having lately heard them in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2015
Miles Davis Quintet: Live In Rome & Copenhagen 1969
Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter
1969 and Miles Davis was dancing to a different drum. Having completed recordings that ultimately became In A Silent Way,...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2010
Henry Lowther's Still Waters: Can't Believe, Won't Believe
Barry Green | Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Paul Clarvis
In a world of bluff and bluster, the ridiculously under recorded Still Waters are indeed an oasis of pleasure. Conceived...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2018
Charles McPherson: Beautiful!
Charles McPhetson | Duke Jordan | Leroy Williams | Sam Jones
A brilliant Bird-inspired altoist as opposed to a run-of-the-mill copyist McPherson proved to be a valuable mainstay of Charles Mingus’...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things
Elvin Jones | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Steve Davis
Although the liner notes do not mention it, the choice of the title track, ‘My Favorite Things,’ was a conscious...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2022
Cecil Payne/Duke Jordan: Brooklyn Brothers
Al Foster | Cecil Payne | Duke Jordan | Sam Jones
A really strong session from the ex-Gillespie big band baritone player, with Jordan's trio jolted forcefully into life by drummer...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2017
Tim Armacost: Time Being
Dave Kikoski | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Robert Hurst | Tim Armacost
The saxophonist – he plays tenor exclusively here – has said that Time Being's genesis lies in a mental audio-image...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: May/2017
Twelve: Years Ago
Darius Brubeck | Dave O'Higgins | Matt Ridley | Wesley Gibbens
The Donald Fagen-like Alex Ligertwood fronts a band that features Belgian pianist Éric Legnini and blends groove bop, chamber ensemble,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017
John Etheridge: Twenty: The Best of Sweet Chorus
Andy Crowdy | Christian Garrick | Dave Kelbie | John Etheridge | Malcolm Creese
Ah, such sweet surprises from an Etheridge project dedicated to the timeless magic of Stephane Grappelli. As Etheridge points out,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019
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