Naya Baaz: Charm
Jennifer Vincent | Josh Feinberg | Rez Abbasi | Satoshi Takeishi
Since his arrival on the jazz scene, Karachi-born, California-based guitarist Rez Abbasi has made excellent music as a bandleader, but...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2023
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
Terry Seabrook's Milestones: Sketches of Miles
Alan Barnes | Dave Whitford | Graeme Flowers | Ian Price | Spike Wells | Terry Seabrook
Seabrook has been touring extensively with this band and it shows. Audiences have liked their music and it's easy to...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2011
Ivo Neame: Yatra
Recorded in Neasden rather than in an ashram, with the roar of the North Circular road only a sharp intake...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012
Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club: Rendell/Carr Quintet 1965-1966
Colin Purbrook | Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Jeff Clyne | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins
For those with the vinyl box set, Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-1969 from Jazzman, original EMI...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021
The Great Wee Band: Light Blue
Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stan Sulzmann | Stu Butterfield
For those not in the know, the quartet’s name was bestowed on them by Mullen as a term of approval...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012
Alex Hitchcock/Ant Law: Same Moon in the Same World
London-born saxophonist Alex Hitchcock is only six years out of the Royal Academy of Music's jazz course, but he's already...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2023
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