The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In The Spirit of the Duke
Smith's SNJO has become one of the great adornments of our British jazz scene, the personnel invariably of the highest...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2013
Dexter Gordon: The Complete Columbia Albums
This seven-CD set has to be top value for Dexter Gordon fans, especially those who particularly value the mellow autumn...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2013
Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud
Barney Wilen | Kenny Clarke | Miles Davis | Pierre Michelot | René Urteger
At the conclusion of the Jazz for Moderns tour in 1957 on 23 November 1957, Miles Davis travelled alone to...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018
Tingvall Trio: Cirklar
Jürgen Spiegel | Martin Tingvall | Omar Rodriguez Calvo
The Hamburg-based Tingvall Trio have longevity on their side. They've been around since 2003, toured in some 30 countries and...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017
Album Interview: Manu Katché: Manu Katché
Jim Watson | Manu Katché | Nils Petter Molvær | Nils Petter Molvaer | Tore Brunborg
Four albums in on ECM and French-Ivorian drummer Katché has made some major changes to his band – a self-imposed...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Aki Takase & David Murray: Cherry Sakura
The vast experience that Takase and Murray have as duet players is heard from the opening bars of the lengthy...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2017
Ornette Coleman: To Whom Keeps A Record
Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Ornette Coleman
A classic case of record company reissue overlap leaves Ornettophiles with a dread dilemma. Grab the single CD, To Whom...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014
Machito Y Sus Afro Cubanas: Tanga – The King of Afro Cuban Jazz
“If we starve together we starve together,” wrote the arranger Mario Bauza in a letter to his brother-in- law, Machito....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2016
Dave Douglas: Be Still
Aoife O'Donovan | Dave Douglas | Jon Irabagon | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston
At first listen, this is a curious departure for Douglas. It is predominantly tonal, melodic, strongly lyric-based, and with a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012
Tom Remon and Jim Mullen: Duality
Young warrior, old lion: it's the marketing manager's dream, And the music ain't bad either, What a pleasure to see...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021
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