Kevin Brady: Ensam
Bill Carrothers | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Norma Winstone
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
O'Higgins & Luft: Play Monk & Trane
Dave O'Higgins | Rob Luft | Rod Youngs | Scott Flanigan
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
William Hooker: Channels of Consciousness
Adam Lane | Chris DiMeglio | Dave Ross | Sanga | William Hooker
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
Album Interview: Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone: Here's A Song For You
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
Alphonse Mouzon: The Man Incognito
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
Ian Shaw: The Theory of Joy
Barry Green | Dave Ohm | Ian Shaw | Mick Hutton
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
Paul Booth: Travel Sketches
Andrew Bain | Dave Whitford | Paul Booth | Steve Hamilton
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
Warren Vache/Alan Barnes: The Cobbler's Waltz
Alan Barnes | Dave Green | John Pearce | Steve Brown | Warren Vache
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
Christine Tobin: A Thousand Kisses Deep
Adriano Adewale | Christine Tobin | Dave Whitford | Huw Warren | Phil Robson
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
David Larsen: The Mulligan Chronicles
Bill Mays | Dave Glenn | David Larsen | Dean Johnson | Ron Vincent
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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