Julian Argüelles: Tonadas
Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Julian Argüelles | Sam Lasserson
Premier UK saxophonist-composer Julian Argüelles has been in inspired form throughout a prolific period of recording this past decade. He...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018
Selma Savolainen: Horror Vacui
Eero Tikkanen | Max Zenger | Okko Saastamoinen | Selma Savolainen | Tomi Nikku | Toomas Keski-Säntti
The Latin title part-quotes Aristotle’s notion that “nature abhors a vacuum”, a suggestive phrase which helps Finnish singer-composer Selma Savolainen...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2024
Ella Fitzgerald: The Complete 1960-61 Ella in Berlin
The Complete 1960-61 Ella in Berlin 2CD release combines the complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife from 13 February...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2017
Wynton Kelly plus Don Sleet: Four Classic Albums
Of the post-bop pianists born in the decade after Bud Powell (Kenny Drew, Barry Harris, Sonny Clark et al), Kelly...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2023
Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-ding-ding and I Remember Tommy
Frank Sinatra | Johnny Mandel | Nelson Riddle
You won't find Sinatra mentioned in many books on jazz. Indeed, for over the past 50 years, whether or not...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2012
Drew Gress: The Sky Inside
Craig Taborn | Drew Gress | Ralph Alessi | Tim Berne | Tom Rainey
Drew Gress has been a leading go-to bassist sideman over the past two decades in New York experimental jazz circles,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013
Michael Garrick Septet ft. Joe Harriott: …At Short Notice
As the classic 1950s and 60s jazz recordings slip into the public domain, more and more labels fall over themselves...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/2020
Kevin Hays/Lionel Loueke: Hope
It's been quite a year for brilliant yet ubiquitous Benin-born guitarist Lionel Loueke. He's popped up on albums with the...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: October/2019
Dameronia's Legacy All-Stars: Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt
Dameronia was a 1980s all-star group dedicated to the performance of music by Tadd Dameron, and led, initially, by drummer...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022
Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!
Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023
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