Review of The Loire Allstars

The Loire Allstars

Anita Wardell | Dave O'Higgins | Mike Gorman | Oli Hayhurst | Tristan Mailliot

JVG Productions

Rating: ★★★★

From the very opening upbeat to Alan Brandt and Bob Haymes's terrific ‘That's All’, recorded by Nat King Cole, Frank...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2014

Review of Brandon Allen: The Stanley Turrentine Project

Brandon Allen: The Stanley Turrentine Project

Brandon Allen | Conor Chaplin | Dave Ingamells | Will Barry

Ubuntu 0111

Rating: ★★★

Tenorist Allen is an activist with a flair for interesting projects; most recently it was the music of star US...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022

Review of Liebman-Ineke-Laginha-Cavalli-Pinheiro: Is Seeing Believing?

Liebman-Ineke-Laginha-Cavalli-Pinheiro: Is Seeing Believing?

Dave Liebman | Eric Ineke | Mário Laginka | Massimo Cavalli | Ricardo Pinheiro

Daybreak DBCHR

Rating: ★★★

Like an old seafarer in days of yore leaving a different girlfriend in every port, Liebman traverses the world in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016

Review of Alex Clarke Quartet: Only A Year

Alex Clarke Quartet: Only A Year

Alex Clarke | Clark Tracey | Dave Green | David Newton

Stray Horn

Rating: ★★★

Clarke is only in her early 20s, but is already a player of consequence. Having dropped out of music college...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of David Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy

David Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy

Andy Milne | Ben Allison | Dave Glasser | Matt Wilson

Here-Tiz Music

Rating: ★★★

The 1970s New York circles that David Glasser grew up in were steeped in jazz and the politics of civil...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2020

Review of Jack DeJohnette: Sorcery

Jack DeJohnette: Sorcery

Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | John Abercrombie | Michael Fellerman | Mick Goodrick

Prestige/Jazz Dispensary

Rating: ★★★

Ever the inventive drummer since his early forays with AACM in the mid 1960s, and game-chamging roles in the Charles...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: November/2023

Review of Brian Landrus: Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn

Brian Landrus: Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn

Billy Hart | Brian Landrus | Dave Stryker | Jay Anderson

Palmetto Records

Rating: ★★★

This record’s accompanying blurb features the arresting line “Dr Brian Landrus is an internationally recognised low woodwind artist.” Those of...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2024

Review of Monkin’ Around: 4 In 1

Monkin’ Around: 4 In 1

Billy Pod | Dave O’Higgins | Luke Fowler | Martin Shaw | Sean Fyfe

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

O’Higgins’ love for Monk knows no bounds. As if touring with Rob Luft in 2019 when they played the whole...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024

Review of Louis Armstrong: The Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966

Louis Armstrong: The Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966

Al Casey | Al Hall | Al Hendrickson | Allen Reuss | Alton Moore | Annie Ross | Arvell Shaw | Barney Bigard | Barrett Deems | Big Chief Russell Moore

Editor's Choice

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

This impressive multi-disc box set comprises three main components: firstly the 1946-47 singles that Armstrong made for RCA during the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2021

Review of Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling

Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling

Cecil Brooks | Danny Ray Thompson | Dave Davis | Dave Hotep | Elson Nascimento | Farid Barron | James Stewart | Knoel Scott | Marshall Allen | Michael Ray

Editor's Choice

Strut Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Since becoming the musical director of Sun Ra's Arkestra in 1993, long standing member Marshall Allen has diligently orbited Ra's...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2020

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