Review of Mezcla: Shoot the Moon

Mezcla: Shoot the Moon

Alan Benzie | Ben MacDonald | David Bowden | Joshua Elcock | Michael Butcher | Stephen Henderson | Steve Forman

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

Former BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year David Bowden also plays bass on the limpidly beautiful, locally nostalgic folk-jazz...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2020

Review of Woody Shaw: Woody Shaw/Louis Hayes: The Tour Vol. 2

Woody Shaw: Woody Shaw/Louis Hayes: The Tour Vol. 2

Junior Cook | Louis Hayes | Rene McLean | Ronnie Matthews | Stafford James | Woody Shaw

HighNote

Rating: ★★★

Two events recorded five years apart by two entirely different line-ups. To set the record straight, the 1976-77 dates were...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2018

Review of Miles Davis: Live in Copenhagen 1964

Miles Davis: Live in Copenhagen 1964

Herbie Hancock | Miles Davis | Ron Carter | Tony Williams | Wayne Shorter

Domino Records

Rating: ★★★★

This concert comes three months after The Miles Davis Quintet in Tokyo from 14 July 1964 with Sam Rivers on...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2012

Review of Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Hamburg ‘72

Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Hamburg ‘72

Charlie Haden | Keith Jarrett | Paul Motian

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

The three albums by this trio that date from 1967-71 and which were most recently reissued on Atlantic have a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Review of The New Woody Shaw Quintet: Vol. 1 At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall - Hamburg 1982

The New Woody Shaw Quintet: Vol. 1 At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall - Hamburg 1982

Mulgrew Miller | Stafford James | Steve Turre | Tony Reedus | Woody Shaw

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

Two events recorded five years apart by two entirely different line-ups. To set the record straight, the 1976-77 dates were...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2018

Review of Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker

Charlie Haden | Jack DeJohnette | Kenny Kirkland | Michael Brecker | Pat Metheny

Impulse!

Although widely recognised as the most influential saxophonist since John Coltrane, and having already appeared on some 700 albums by...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021

Review of QOW Trio

QOW Trio

Eddie Myer | Riley Stone-Lonergan | Spike Wells

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

This post-bop, pre-lockdown recording is comforting and vivid, capturing three players in a resonant room loving their work. Combining three...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2021

Review of Jamison Ross: All For One

Jamison Ross: All For One

Barry Stephenson | Chris Pattishall | Cory Irvin | Jamison Ross | Rick Lollar

Concord Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

A winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2012 and mostly known as a drummer on albums such...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

Review of Mark Turner: Lathe Of Heaven

Mark Turner: Lathe Of Heaven

Avishai Cohen | Joe Martin | Marcus Gilmore | Mark Turner

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

There may be a great divide between uptempo anthem and downtempo ballad in jazz, but over time many have bridged...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014

Review of Kamaal Williams: The Return

Kamaal Williams: The Return

Kamaal Williams

Black Focus Records

Rating: ★★★

Yussef Kamaal's 2017 split into its constituent parts, so suddenly that either keyboardist Kamaal Williams or drummer Yussef Dayes alternately...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2018

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