Solstice: Food for Thought

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser

Solstice lay before you such a tasting menu of musical treats, it's hard to know where to begin: Jez Franks'...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021

Julian Lage: Speak To Me

Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage | Kris Davis | Levon Henry | Patrick Warren

Over the years since he was discovered as a 12 year-old prodigy, gigs with Gary Burton, John Zorn and Charles...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2024

Eric Gale: Part Of You/Touch Of Silk

Allen R. Toussaint | Anthony Jackson | Arthur Blythe | Bernadette Randle | Charles Earland | David Barard | David Grusin | Eric Gale | Gary Brown | Grover Washington Jr

What's not to love about Eric Gale? Every student guitarist should disappear into a deep dark hole with his releases...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2013

Marcus Miller: Renaissance

As a musician with a producer's ear, Miller has always been able to find the right combination of singers and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015

Oscar Brown, Jr.: Between Heaven and Hell/Sin & Soul

David ‘Panama’ Francis | Floyd Morris | George Duvivier | Oscar Brown, Jr.

Perhaps it was the sheer breadth of his activity and his refusal to be pigeon-holed – as well as being...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

Various Artists: Blaxploitation: Six Classic Funk Soundtracks

Booker T & The MGs | Isaac Hayes | James Brown | Johnny Pate | Marvin Gaye | Roy Ayers

Well-travelled as the good ship Blaxploitation is, this 6CD box set nonetheless provides a useful ‘starter pack’ for those who...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015

Karen Sharp Trio: Another Place

Colin Oxley | Karen Sharp | Simon Thorpe

Sharp is a busy presence on the wider jazz scene these days. Her quartet with pianist Nikki Iles tours regularly...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2020

Curtis Amy: Four Classic Albums

One of the best things about Avid’s Four Classic Albums series is the chance to re-evaluate artists who might have...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Sarah Gillespie: Half Cut

Chris Montague | Conor Chaplin | James Maddren | Kit Downes | Sarah Gillespie | Tom Cawley

Half Cut may not have the political edge of Gillespie’s early collaborative works with Gilad Atzmon. This is a more...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024

Alex Sipiagin: Overlooking Moments

Alex Sipiagin | Chris Potter | Eric Harland | Scott Colley

Criss Cross boss-producer Gerry Teekens is astonishingly loyal to his artistes. Take Russian trumpeter Sipiagin, for years now an in-demand...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2013