The Callum Au Big Band: Something's Coming
You have to admire a can-do attitude in a musician. Callum Au was barely out of diapers when he became...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2013
Matteo Sabattini: Metamorpho
Aaron Parks | Chris Potter | Matt Clohesy | Matteo Sabattini | Mike Moreno | Obed Calvaire
As a new talent with a fresh sound, altoist Sabattini makes an ideal subject for this label. His alto–sax tone...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Alfredo Rodriguez/Pedrito Martinez: Duologue
Alfredo Rodriguez | Pedrito Martinez
Quincy Jones, co-producing and executive producing, knows a winning combo when he hears one, and this couple of Cubanos –...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2019
Alfredo Rodríguez: The Little Dream
Alfredo Rodríguez | Michael Olivera | Munri Hossn
Co-produced by Quincy Jones, a central figure in Alfredo Rodríguez's unfolding story since the pair met at the 2006 Montreux...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2018
Thomas Agergaard Quartet: Testing 1-2-3-4
Carsten Dahl | Lennart Ginman | Thomas Agergaard | Thomas Blachman
Agergaard is one of Denmark's top tenor saxophonists. He's been around the block and then some, and has refined what...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2020
Various Artists: Spiritual Jazz Vol.9: Blue Note Parts 1 & 2
One of the pioneering labels in the history of jazz is a logical entry in Jazzman's excellent Spiritual Jazz compilation...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019
Kevin Figes & You Are Here: Seven For Lee/Green and Orange Night Park
Jim Blomfield | Kevin Figes | Pete Judge | Raphael Clarkson | Riaan Vosloo | Tony Orrell
This is one of those ideas that's so good that you wonder why nobody's attempted it before: get a group...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023
Charles Mingus: The Clown + Pithecanthropus Erectus
If Mingus Ah Um (see Jazzwise 230) was a summation of what Mingus had achieved thus far, this combination of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2018
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
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