Review of Nate Wooley: Knknighgh

Nate Wooley: Knknighgh

Brandon Lopez | Chris Pitsiokos | Dre Hocevar | Nate Wooley

Clean Feed Records

Rating: ★★★★

This line-up of trumpet, alto saxophone, bass and drums clearly invokes the Ornette Coleman Quartet of the late 1950s/early 1960s:...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: November/2017

Review of Jamie Saft: Solo a Genova

Jamie Saft: Solo a Genova

Jamie Saft

RareNoiseRecords

Rating: ★★★

Following the artistic success of Saft’s collaboration with Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte on RareNoise’s The New Standard and Loneliness...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Review of Solstice: Alimentation

Solstice: Alimentation

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone

Two Rivers Records

Rating: ★★★

For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Review of Benito Gonzalez: Sing to the World

Benito Gonzalez: Sing to the World

Nicholas Payton

Rainy Days Records Rainy

Rating: ★★★

Encountering Venezuelan pianist Benito Gonzalez as an exciting McCoy Tyner-steeped thirtysomething with Kenny Garrett's band at Ronnie's in 2006, it...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2021

Review of Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue

Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue

Verse

Rating: ★★★★

Nina Simone's finest early work from Bethlehem has been out on loads of labels since, but it remains a classic,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2014

Review of Ron Magril: Until Now

Ron Magril: Until Now

Avshalom Meidan | Ofri Nehemya | Oren Hardy | Ron Magril

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

You can’t help but respect Magril for his classic diction and clarity of tone. This is a man whose art...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2022

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

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