Till Brönner: The Good Life
Anthony Wilson | Jeff Hamilton | John Clayton | Larry Goldings | Till Brönner
For what it is, The Good Life is perfect: the problem is what it is, a set of standards given...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2016
Andre Canniere Group: Forward Space
Andre Canniere | George Fogel | Hannes Riepler | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock
Whirlwind Records is run by the bassist and promoter Michael Janisch, an American expat who knows how to make things...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012
Max Roach: The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan
Art Davis | Hassan Ibn Ali | Max Roach
Legendary? Not quite – more like obscure. Seemingly Max knew Philadelphian Hasaan Ibn Ali from way back and decided to...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2014
Daniel Freedman: Imagine That
Angelique Kidjo | Daniel Freedman | Gilmar Gomes | Jason Lindner | Lionel Loueke | Omer Avittal
Those with long memories will remember the cornucopia of talent that emerged around the New York club Smalls in the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016
Pete Atkin: The Luck of the Draw – The Clive James-Pete Atkin Songbook Volume 2
Although long aware of 78-year-old singer-songwriter Atkin’s association with the late Clive James, I hadn’t ever heard Atkin perform before...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023
Steve Swell’s Fire Into The Music: For Jemeel: Fire From The Road
Hamid Drake | Jemeel Moondoc | Steve Swell | William Parker
There is a far-reaching history of tributes to players by other players in black music, and this epic three-CD set...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Alex Hitchcock Dream Band: Live in London
Not one band but three, each one a sextet, and each recorded on a different night at London’s Vortex. The...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2023
Judith Owen: Come On and Get It
David Torkanowsky | Jason Marsalis | Judith Owen | Nicholas Payton
Recorded at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans with a stellar cast of musicians, Judith Owen’s Come On and Get It...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022
Dan Mar-Molinero: Taproot
Dan Mar-Molinero is an educator, saxophonist and composer working out of Southampton University’s very active jazz programme: you’ll find him...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023
Maria Schneider Orchestra: The Thompson Fields
This programmatic set of eight original compositions by Maria Schneider, evoking her childhood and early adolescent memories of the middle...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2015
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