Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message
De’Sean Jones | Greg Ward | Jeff Parker | Joel Ross | Junius Paul | Makaya McCraven | Marquis Hill
Being signed to Blue Note has several advantages. There’s the kudos. The guarantee of quality. Then there’s the access to...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Avishai Cohen: Duende
Avishai Cohen | Nitai Hershkovits
The charismatic double bassist Avishai Cohen has proved one of the biggest contemporary draws on the jazz club and international...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: ‘Live’ at The Cafe Bohemia, November 1955
Art Blakey | Doug Watkins | Hank Mobley | Horace Silver | Kenny Dorham
This double-CD repackage of the original Messengers sole live recording illustrates how ludicrously wide of the mark certain stylistic labels...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: June/2019
Miles Davis: 1958 Miles
1958 Miles is a facsimile CD of a Japanese issue of the four remaining studio tracks of the Kind of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2014
Various Artists: Running the Voodoo Down: Explorations In Psychrockfunksouljazz 1967-80
This great compilation begins with James Brown's ebullient pride, still screaming in victorious defiance at the fade-out of ‘Talkin' Loud...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2017
Andrew McCormack: Graviton
Andrew McCormack | Anton Eger | Eska | Ralph Wyld | Rob Mullarkey | Shabaka Hutchings
The words classy and eloquent immediately spring to mind when you listen to the 39-year-old pianist Andrew McCormack. Having graduated...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017
The Comet Is Coming: The Afterlife
Dan Leavers | Joshua Idehen | Max Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings
This EP companion to Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery comes from the same sessions, and expands on...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2020
Marius Neset: Golden Xplosion
Antn Eger | Django Bates | Jasper Høiby | Marius Neset
Here's an exceptional debut recording from a 25-year-old Norwegian tenor/soprano saxophonist, who was Django Bates' star pupil at the Rhythmic...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011
Preston Glasgow Lowe
David Preston | Kevin Glasgow | Laurie Lowe
We live in a fusion age, so be it food, clothes, lifestyle or car names, the concept’s ubiquity has gone...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2016
Dinah Washington: Queen of the Blues – A Centenary Tribute
Hard on the heels of the Retrospective centenary tribute to Sarah Vaughan (reviewed in Jazzwise August 2024) comes a companion...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
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