Terence Blanchard: Absence
As the US emerged from lockdown, the American trumpeter Terence Blanchard fine-tuned the music he was composing for Spike Lee’s...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2021
Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live at Montreux
Buck Clark | Donald Dean | Jimmy Rowser | Les McCann
These reissues, including yet another reappearance of Tutu – even after the super-duper ultimate Tutu double CD reissue that included...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2015
Jeff Parker & The New Breed: Suite For Max Brown
I love everything about this album from Chicago multi-instrumentalist and Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker, which is dedicated to his mother,...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2020
George Coleman: Live at Smalls Jazz Club
George Coleman | Joe Farnsworth | Peter Washington | Spike Wilner
This is the fifth album in Smalls’ Living Masters series, and the latest to receive this encomium is the venerable...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2023
Ed Motta: Behind the Tea Chronicles
In his native Brazil, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Ed Motta is known as a rock and soul artist, but with...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Atlanticus: Oceanic
Jack Kendon | Milo Fell | Peter Fraize | Terry Seabrook
This is a UK-US collaboration, the local element headed by Brighton-based keyboardist Seabrook alongside drummer Fell and brass player Kendon,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/2024
Andrew McCormack: Solo
Pianist and composer Andrew McCormack – one of UK jazz's most imaginative graduates of the inspirational and inclusive Tomorrow's Warriors...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2020
ReDiviDeR: Meets I Dig Monk, Tuned
They're a playful lot, this two-hornsno-chords quartet from Dublin. Never Odd or EveN, the title of their first album, like...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Louis Hayes: Serenade for Horace
Louis Hayes' Blue Note career began when he joined Horace Silver's quintet in 1956, aged 18. He went on to...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2017
Marcus Vergette: Tintinnabulation
Two albums from strikingly individual artists, but the golden thread between them is the talent and influence of Kate and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023
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