Review of Kurt Rosenwinkel: Undercover (Live at the Village Vanguard)

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Undercover (Live at the Village Vanguard)

Aaron Parks | Eric Revis | Greg Hutchinson | Kurt Rosenwinkel

Editor's Choice

Heartcore Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rosenwinkel's pure tone and unhurriedly graceful phrasing started building an audience in the 1990s, and though some of his storytelling...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2023

Review of Stan Sulzmann Quartet: On Loan With Gratitude

Stan Sulzmann Quartet: On Loan With Gratitude

Chris Laurence | John Taylor | Ron Mathewson | Stan Sulzmann | Tony Levin

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★★

Graceful, passionate and authorative, the sound of Stan Sulzmann is established from the opening bars of the first piece on...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Review of Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62

Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62

Al Casey | Al Haig | Al McKibbon | Benny Green | Big Nick Nicholas | Bill De Arango | Billy Butterfield | Billy Kyle | Billy Taylor | Bob Haggart

Editor's Choice

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★★

In Sarah Vaughan’s centenary year, it’s great to have a reminder of her route to stardom, and this collection manages...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2024

Review of Bobby Hutcherson: Medina

Bobby Hutcherson: Medina

Bobby Hutcherson | Harold Land | Joe Chambers | Reggie Johnson | Stanley Cowell

Blue Note Tone Poet

Rating: ★★★★

The formation of Bobby Hutcherson’s quintet with Harold Land in California in early 1968, which followed a marijuana bust in...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: December/2024

Review of The 3 Sounds plus Lou Donaldson: Four Classic Albums

The 3 Sounds plus Lou Donaldson: Four Classic Albums

Andrew Simpkins | Bill Dowdy | Gene Harris | Lou Donaldson

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Formed in 1957 by drummer Dowdy, the Three Sounds enjoyed a decade or so of success, their highly stylised ‘blues-infused...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Review of Charles Mingus: Reincarnations

Charles Mingus: Reincarnations

Booker Ervin | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | Eric Dolphy | Jimmy Knepper | Jo Jones | Lonnie Hillyer | Nico Bunink | Paul Bley

Candid

Rating: ★★★

To say this is a follow-up to the Incarnations compilation (reviewed in Jazzwise 297) is to simplify a fairly complex...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2025

Review of George Cables: I Hear Echoes

George Cables: I Hear Echoes

Essiet Essiet | George Cables | Jerome Jennings

HighNote

Rating: ★★★★

Now 80, and best known these days as a member of The Cookers, the travelling hard-bop all-stars, Cables has enjoyed...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2025

Review of Kali Trio: The Playful Abstract

Kali Trio: The Playful Abstract

Nicolas Stocker | Raphael Loher | Urs Müller

Ronin Rhythm

Rating: ★★★

Kali Trio are 10-year veterans of a Swiss scene focused on collective improvisation more than solos, with personal influences also...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2025

Review of Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Efflorescence Vol.1

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Efflorescence Vol.1

Ivo Perelman | Matthew Shipp

Leo

Rating: ★★★

Few artists have shown the courage of their convictions as tenor saxophonist Perelman has in the past two decades. Commitment...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2020

Review of Femi Temowo: Orin Meta

Femi Temowo: Orin Meta

Temowo

Femitone Records

Rating: ★★★★

Cultural archetypes dictate that African is almost exclusively hitched to rhythm. While the conjunction makes much sense given the importance...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2011

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