Kurt Rosenwinkel: Undercover (Live at the Village Vanguard)
Aaron Parks | Eric Revis | Greg Hutchinson | Kurt Rosenwinkel
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
Stan Sulzmann Quartet: On Loan With Gratitude
Chris Laurence | John Taylor | Ron Mathewson | Stan Sulzmann | Tony Levin
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
Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62
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
Bobby Hutcherson: Medina
Bobby Hutcherson | Harold Land | Joe Chambers | Reggie Johnson | Stanley Cowell
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
The 3 Sounds plus Lou Donaldson: Four Classic Albums
Andrew Simpkins | Bill Dowdy | Gene Harris | Lou Donaldson
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
Charles Mingus: Reincarnations
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
George Cables: I Hear Echoes
Essiet Essiet | George Cables | Jerome Jennings
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
Kali Trio: The Playful Abstract
Nicolas Stocker | Raphael Loher | Urs Müller
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
Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Efflorescence Vol.1
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
Femi Temowo: Orin Meta
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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