Noah Preminger & Kim Cass: Thunda

Noah Preminger

Reeds maestro Noah Preminger and bassist Kim Cass are go-to musicians in New York left-field jazz, The better-known Preminger has...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2021

Laurence Hobgood: Tesseterra

Corin Lee | Dorothy Lawson | Jared Schonig | Kip Jones | Laurence Hobgood | Matthew Clohesy | Ralph Harris

‘Third stream nouveau’ they're calling Tesseterra – though main man Laurence Hobgood both willingly owns and gently resists that appellation...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2019

Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Remember Me, My Dear

David James | Gordon Jones | Jan Garbarek | Rogers Covey-Crump | Steven Harrold

This concert from the farewell tour of the Garbarek/Hilliard collaboration differs from the three previous albums, Officium (1993), Mnemosyne (1998),...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Al Cohn/Dexter Gordon: True Blue/Silver Blue

Al Cohn | Barry Harris | Blue Mitchell | Dexter Gordon | Louis Hayes | Sam Jones | Sam Noto

Proper Gordon fans who remember the heyday of ‘The Chase’, his scintillating tenor battle with Wardell Gray, should well rejoice...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2016

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