Fredrik Kronkvist: New York Elements
Aaron Goldberg | Fredrik Kronkvist | Gregory Hutchinson | Reuben Rogers
The fruity-toned Swedish alto saxophonist's first New York recording is part celebration of the Big Apple's bustling multi-ethnic energy and...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2012
Duke Jordan : Montmartre ‘73
Allan Gregersen | Bent Jaedig | Duke Jordan | Eddie Gomez | Johnny Dyani | Jørn Elniff
Some great sessions were recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen in the 1960s and 70s. Steeplechase has done a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022
Bill Charlap Trio: Notes from New York
Bill Charlap | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington
Now that Charlap has won a Grammy for his collaboration with Tony Bennett, we can expect some wider appreciation of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
Elton Dean’s Unlimited Saxophone Company
Elton Dean | Paul Dunmall | Paul Rogers | Simon Picard | Tony Levin | Trevor Watts
As far as the surviving band members can recall, Dean’s Unlimited Saxophone Company performed live just three times: the group’s...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2024
Jamie Cullum: Twentysomething
Geoff Gascoyne | Jamie Cullum | Michael Strange | Sebastiaan de Krom
This 20th anniversary, limited edition 2LP set represents the first time that Cullum’s Twentysomething, his major label debut and the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
KGQ: Under The Influence
Dave O’Higgins | Kieron Garrett | Mike Pratt | Peter Cumber
This is the second quartet album from Garrett and crew. It sounds like a band that has honed its craft...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: November/2016
Chris Biscoe: Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook
Chris Biscoe | Dave Whitford | Jon Scott | Kate Williams | Mike Outram
The only criticism you can have of Chris Biscoe's 50-plus years in jazz is why he's recorded so few projects...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023
Duncan Eagles: Citizen
Dave Hamblett | David Preston | Duncan Eagles | Matt Robinson | Max Luthert
For close to a decade, saxophonist-composer Duncan Eagles has been a guiding influence on the structure-stretching cooperative trio Partikel, a...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2019
WorldService Project: For King & Country
Arthur O'Hara | Dave Morecroft | Harry Pope | Raphael Clarkson | Tim Ower
Phew, fasten the seatbelts you're in for a bumpy ride. Burning enough jazz power to illumine a decent– sized city,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2016
Archie Shepp: Jazz A Confronto 27
Archie Shepp | Beaver Harris | Charles Greenlee | Dave Burrell | David Williams
This little-known date, recorded in Rome in September 1975 and released as part of the Italian Horo label's Jazz A...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
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