Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth
Aaron Johnson | Armand Hirsch | Bryan Carter | Emmet Cohen | Veronica Swift | Yasushi Nakamura
Veronica Swift's second album for Mack Avenue is an eclectic, unforgettable delight, with the singer's out-and-out virtuosity perfectly matched by...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2021
Calum Gourlay: Live At The Ridgeway
Master musicians such as Dave Holland, William Parker and Henry Grimes have proved the acoustic bass can have a mesmerising,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015
Jeff Williams: Live at London Jazz Festival: Road Tales
Jeff Williams | John O'Gallagher | Josh Arcoleo | Sam Lasserson
Jeff Williams, the Ohio-born drummer and composer who has played with the best in both New York and London (Dave...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2021
Noah Preminger & Kim Cass: Thunda
Reeds maestro Noah Preminger and bassist Kim Cass are go-to musicians in New York left-field jazz, The better-known Preminger has...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2021
Dominic Howles Quintet: Along Came Benny
Dave O'Higgins | Dominic Howles | Matt Fishwick | Nick Tomalin | Ross Stanley | Steve Fishwick
This self-produced (and presumably self-financed) album has taken some time to surface and its appearance now is to be welcomed....
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2019
Archie Shepp: Sea of Faces
This 1975 recording was the standout album in the 4CD Archie Shepp compilation set I reviewed in February 2016, and...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2017
Lou Donaldson/Grant Green: Cool Blues
Baby Face Willette | Dave Bailey | Grant Green | Jack McDuff | Joe Dukes | Lou Donaldson
These tracks come from Blue Note sessions taped by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder at his New Jersey studio, so...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2013
Joe Harriott/Amancio D'Silva: Hum Dono
Amancio D'Silva | Bryan Spring | Dave Green | Ian Carr | Joe Harriott | Norma Winstone
Such is the Holy Grail cachet of this album it's impossible not to see the sign ‘Rarer than hen's teeth’...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015
Chet Baker: Live In London
Chet Baker | Jim Richardson | John Horler | Tony Mann
When Baker came to London to play a week-long engagement at the much-missed Canteen venue way back in 1983, Messrs...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Tani Tabbal Trio: Now Then
Adam Siegel | Michael Bisio | Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal hails from a long line of Chicagoan drummers – Gene Krupa, Jo Jones, Tony Williams – who have...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2021
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