Review of Kevin Brady: Ensam

Kevin Brady: Ensam

Bill Carrothers | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Norma Winstone

LRP

Rating: ★★★

You might call this a belated follow- up to Brady’s 2007 Common Ground (LRP) and the 2009 Zeitgeist (Fresh Sound...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Review of O'Higgins & Luft: Play Monk & Trane

O'Higgins & Luft: Play Monk & Trane

Dave O'Higgins | Rob Luft | Rod Youngs | Scott Flanigan

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

Here's a frontline to savour, with edgesome youth and deep jazz experience, two musicians with a sense of the out-there...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019

Review of William Hooker: Channels of Consciousness

William Hooker: Channels of Consciousness

Adam Lane | Chris DiMeglio | Dave Ross | Sanga | William Hooker

NoBusiness

Rating: ★★★★

Drummer William Hooker has been operating on the fringes of New York's free-jazz scene since the 1970s, steering a singular...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2013

Review of Album Interview: Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone: Here's A Song For You

Album Interview: Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone: Here's A Song For You

Christof Lauer | Claus Stötter | Dan Gottshall | Dave Whitford | Fiete Felsch | Frank Delle | Ingo Lahme | Ingolf Burkhardt | Klaus Heidenreich | Lutz Buchner

Fuzzy Moon

Rating: ★★★★

Here's A Song For You is a beautiful piece of work. It mixes standards like ‘Here Come De Honey Man’...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: February/2012

Review of Alphonse Mouzon: The Man Incognito

Alphonse Mouzon: The Man Incognito

Alphonse Mouzon | Dave Benoit | Dave Grusin | Gary Grant | George Bohanon | George Duke | Ian Underwood | Lee Ritenour | Ray Pizzi | Tim DeHuff

Soul Brother Records

Rating: ★★★

Ever wondered where Will.i.am got that interstellar soul man look? No? Shame on you: just check the cover of The...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2012

Review of Ian Shaw: The Theory of Joy

Ian Shaw: The Theory of Joy

Barry Green | Dave Ohm | Ian Shaw | Mick Hutton

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

There’s an added poignancy to Shaw’s first album with a piano trio in that he covers Bowie’s ‘Where Are We...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Review of Paul Booth: Travel Sketches

Paul Booth: Travel Sketches

Andrew Bain | Dave Whitford | Paul Booth | Steve Hamilton

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

Urbane, relaxed, yet bristling with intent, Travel Sketches is all you'd expect from a Booth release: immaculate playing, a feel...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Warren Vache/Alan Barnes: The Cobbler's Waltz

Warren Vache/Alan Barnes: The Cobbler's Waltz

Alan Barnes | Dave Green | John Pearce | Steve Brown | Warren Vache

Woodville

Rating: ★★★★

Vache and Barnes are chums, birds of a feather, if you like, and there's a lot of mutual respect evident...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2014

Review of Christine Tobin: A Thousand Kisses Deep

Christine Tobin: A Thousand Kisses Deep

Adriano Adewale | Christine Tobin | Dave Whitford | Huw Warren | Phil Robson

Editor's Choice

Trail Belle Records

Rating: ★★★★

Whether it's an affinity with his poetic sensibility – and at least one of the songs on this 11-track collection,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Review of David Larsen: The Mulligan Chronicles

David Larsen: The Mulligan Chronicles

Bill Mays | Dave Glenn | David Larsen | Dean Johnson | Ron Vincent

David Larsen Productions DLP

Rating: ★★★

Larsen, a well-qualified US baritone saxophonist and educator, has the music of Gerry Mulligan in his sights for his upcoming...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

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