Benet McLean: Green Park
Benet Mclean | Benet McLean | Duncan Eagles | Liam Dunachie | Rio Kai | Zoé Pascal
As a young man, Benet McLean was tutored by none other than Yehudi Menuhin; perhaps he was the one who...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024
Rudy Linka/George Mraz: Just Between Us
This alignment of two great Czech musicians produced an album in 1998 that seems remarkable it has taken 26 years...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
Wandering Monster: Zenna
Ben Powling | Calvin Travers | Richard Harrold | Sam Quintana | Tom Higham
Wandering Monster’s third release Zenna opens with moody atmospheric piano chords from Richard Harrold, hinting at a minor-key, folkish melody;...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: November/2023
Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights (Vol. 3): Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968
Ahmad Jamal | Frank Gant | Jamil Nasser
In his long career, Ahmad Jamal liked to stretch out and play long versions of pieces, both familiar jazz standards...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Art Themen Organ Trio: Live in Soho
Art Themen | George Double | Pete Whittaker
I heard this band at Swanage (admittedly with trumpeter Martin Shaw added) and thought them a wow. Now comes the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
Superlocrian: Hills & Valleys
Edward Leaker | Gavin Mallett | Hugh Davies | Jade Gall | Mike Poyser | Sam Massey | Tom Green
Trumpeter Massey is Superlocrian’s instigator and the group has already made its mark on radio and in concert; this is...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2024
Richard Fairhurst: Inside Out
Dave Whitford | Richard Fairhurst | Tim Giles
Richard Fairhurst has an impressive pedigree. Five years after beginning to learn the piano at the age of 15, he...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024
Dave Brubeck: Early Years: The Singles Collection1950-52
At the dawn of the 1950s, the Weiss brothers, who owned a pressing plant, founded Fantasy Records to take over...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2021
Paul Combs: Unknown Dameron
This is a record that invites two different approaches to reviewing. Firstly, it presents a dozen unknown, or relatively obscure,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2019
Buddy Tate: The Texas Tenor
Both sessions date from a period when former Basie-ite Tate was often in Europe, playing clubs and festivals as a...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2014
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