Review of Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop

Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop

Matt Clark | Michael Zilber | Mike Clark | Peter Barshay

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

I wanted to like this album more than I do. Clark is a player named in the press blurb as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2021

Review of Grover Washington Jr: Sacred Kind Of Love: The Columbia Recordings

Grover Washington Jr: Sacred Kind Of Love: The Columbia Recordings

Bobby Watson | Daryl Washington | Eddie Henderson | Gerald Veasley | Grady Tate | Grover Washington | Hank Jones | Herbie Hancock | Igor Butman | Jean Carne

Robinsongs

Rating: ★★★

Even his most staunch defenders may well concede that, post- Winelight, the revered Philadelphia saxophonist has been in something of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Review of Stan Getz: Autumn Leaves – 27 Standards

Stan Getz: Autumn Leaves – 27 Standards

Al Haig | Bill Crow | Bob Carter | Don Lamond | Duke Jordan | Eddie Safranski | Frank Isola | Horace Silver | Jimmy Raney | Joe Calloway

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★★

In much the same way as both Sinatra and Ella were consummate interpreters of what is commonly referred to as...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Outstairs

Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Outstairs

Christian Wallumrød | Eivind Lønning | Espen Reinertsen | Gjermund Larsen | Oddvar Johansen | Tove Törngren

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Chritian Wallumrød’s progress on ECM since his debut in 1996 with No Birch has been one of gradual, sometimes imperceptible...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2013

Review of Various Artists: Directions In Music 1969 to 1973: Miles Davis, His Musicians And The Birth Of A New Age Of Jazz

Various Artists: Directions In Music 1969 to 1973: Miles Davis, His Musicians And The Birth Of A New Age Of Jazz

Betty Davis | Chick Corea | Gary Bartz | Herbie Hancock | Herbie Hancock Mwandishi | Joe Zawinul | John McLaughlin | John Surman | Keith Jarrett | Lonnie Liston Smith

BGP BGP

Rating: ★★★★

The premise of this intriguing compilation is to illustrate how Miles Davis' 1970 LP Bitches Brew was the culmination of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2021

Review of Alex Sipiagin Quintet: Mel's Vision

Alex Sipiagin Quintet: Mel's Vision

Alex Sipiagin | Chris Potter | David Kikoski | Johnathan Blake | Matt Brewer

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Sipiagin is a Criss Cross regular, often with Potter alongside, his many recordings a tribute to his mastery of the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023

Review of “A” Trio & AMM: AAMM

“A” Trio & AMM: AAMM

Eddie Prevost | John Tilbury | Mazen Kerbaj | Raed Yassin | Sharif Sehnaoui

Al Maslakh

Rating: ★★★★

This collaboration between remaining AMM members Eddie Prevost and John Tilbury and Lebanese group “A” Trio is an exercise in...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Mathias Eick: When We Leave

Mathias Eick: When We Leave

Andreas Norbakken | Andreas Ulvo | Audun Erlien | Hàkon Aase | Mathias Eick | Stian Carstensen | Torstein Lofthus

ECM 2660

Rating: ★★★

The Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick is part of the ECM label’s new post-millennium generation of Euro-jazzers, originally making his name...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Frank Kimbrough: Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006

Frank Kimbrough: Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006

Ben Allison | Frank Kimbrough | Masa Kamaguchi | Matt Wilson | Paul Motian

Editor's Choice

Palmetto

Rating: ★★★★

The last time I reviewed Kimbrough in review pages (Jazzwise 237) was when he fronted a six-CD performance of Thelonious...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2022

Review of Ches Smith's We All Break: Path Of Seven Colors

Ches Smith's We All Break: Path Of Seven Colors

Ches Smith

Pyroclastic

Rating: ★★★★

For many it is hard to see past the stigma attached to Haitian voodou. Depictions in western popular culture of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021

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