Review of The Warren Vaché Quintet: Remembers Benny Carter

The Warren Vaché Quintet: Remembers Benny Carter

Houston Person | Leroy Williams | Nicki Parrot | Tardo Hammer | Warren Vaché

Arbors

Rating: ★★★★

Vaché has an inherent flair for the bon mot, the apposite phrase or approach to a piece, and understands when...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2015

Review of Roamer: Lost Bees

Roamer: Lost Bees

Lauren Kinsella | Matthew Halpin | Matthew Jacobson | Simon Jermyn

Diatribe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Roamer are an improvising Irish quartet who reside in Berlin, Brooklyn, London and Dublin; and they make a point of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2022

Review of Paul Booth: Trilateral

Paul Booth: Trilateral

Adriano Adewale | Andrew Bain | Clarence Penn | Matt Brewer | Paul Booth | Phil Robson | Ross Stanley

Pathway

Rating: ★★★★

Dante, TS Eliot, er, Jesus: they all found 33 a most creative age, so why not Paul Booth? This, his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Review of Mike Taylor: Mandala

Mike Taylor: Mandala

Dave Tomlin | Jon Hiseman | Mike Taylor | Tony Reeves

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★★

The introductory compilation album of Decca's new 1960s/70s British Jazz Explosion reissue series includes a track from the restless and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021

Review of Marius Neset: A New Dawn

Marius Neset: A New Dawn

Marius Neset

ACT

Rating: ★★★

A solo tenor sax performance is no easy task but the Norwegian saxophonist– composer Marius Neset might strike you as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of Houston Person: I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Houston Person: I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Eddie Allen | Houston Person | Kenny Washington | Lafayette Harris | Matthew Parish | Rodney Jones

HighNote

Rating: ★★★★

Person, arguably the last of the big-toned tenors and now aged 84, has always been his own man. Self-managed and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2019

Review of Art Ensemble Of Chicago: The Sixth Decade: From Paris To Paris (Live At Sons D’Hiver)

Art Ensemble Of Chicago: The Sixth Decade: From Paris To Paris (Live At Sons D’Hiver)

Babu Atiba | Brett Carson | Doussou Touré | Dudu Kouaté | Eddy Kwon | Enoch Willliamson | Erina Newkirk | Famoudou Don Moye | Hugh Ragin | Jaribu Shahid

Editor's Choice

RogueArt

Rating: ★★★★

As the first European city to give them much-needed performance and recording opportunities in the late 1960s, Paris has a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023

Review of Tristan Banks: View From Above

Tristan Banks: View From Above

Davide Mantovani | John Crawford | Paul Booth | Tristan Banks

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

For three decades, the British session drummer Tristan Banks has been a first-call sideman for a ‘glitterati’ across jazz, pop...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2023

Review of Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One

Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One

Denys Baptiste | Jacob Gryn | Joel Waters | Josh Short | Sultan Stevenson

Editor's Choice

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Young Sultan Stevenson, the latest Tomorrow's Warriors alumnus to emerge blinking into the daylight, wants us to listen to his...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2023

Review of Neil Cowley Trio: Radio Silence

Neil Cowley Trio: Radio Silence

Evan Jenkins | Neil Cowley | Richard Sadler

Naim Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Ever since 37-year-old pianist Neil Cowley came to the ‘real thing’ via the acid jazz and chill-out scenes, he's been...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

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