Review of Marcus Printup: Gentle Rain

Marcus Printup: Gentle Rain

Marcus Printup | Riza Printup

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★★

Husband-and-wife duos are rare enough in jazz – but one that teams trumpet with harp must be unique. For the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020

Review of The Alan Skidmore Quartet: Naima

The Alan Skidmore Quartet: Naima

Aidan O’Donnell | Alan Skidmore | Geoff Gascoyne | Ian Palmer | Mike Gorman | Steve Melling | Tony Levin

ITM

Rating: ★★★★

Skidmore has never hidden his espousal of the Coltrane cause. He clearly worships the man. Open him up and he’d...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2018

Review of Miles Davis: Tutu

Miles Davis: Tutu

Miles Davis

Warner Bros

Rating: ★★★

These reissues, including yet another reappearance of Tutu – even after the super-duper ultimate Tutu double CD reissue that included...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014

Review of Sonny Rollins Trio: Complete 1957-62 Studio Recordings

Sonny Rollins Trio: Complete 1957-62 Studio Recordings

Bob Cranshaw | Candido Camero | Henry Grimes | Max Roach | Oscar Pettiford | Paul Chambers | Ray Brown | Roy Hayens | Shelly Manne | Sonny Rollins

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

The premise behind this is that it would be instructive to compile a set of Rollins' studio trio performances into...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2017

Review of Louise van den Heuvel: Sonic Hug

Louise van den Heuvel: Sonic Hug

Daniel Jonkers | Henrik Lasure | Louise van den Heuvel | Sam Comerford

WERF

Rating: ★★★

First found in the linear-improvising Dishwasher_ trio, Dutch electric bassist Heuvel also works with Aka Moon drummer Stéphane Galland, and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024

Review of Nick Costley-White: Detour Ahead

Nick Costley-White: Detour Ahead

Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson | Nick Costley-White | Sam Rapley

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

This debut from young guitarist Nick Costley-White, one of the founders of influential London night the Jazz Nursery, mixes knotty...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2018

Review of Henry Lowther's Quarternity: Never Never Land

Henry Lowther's Quarternity: Never Never Land

Alan Wakeman | Art Themen | Dave Green Chris Laurence | Henry Lowther | Phil Lee | Trevor Tomkins

Editor's Choice

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★★

Quaternity may very well be the British modern jazz group that you’ve never heard of or is that just me?...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Nigel Hitchcock: Smoothitch

Nigel Hitchcock: Smoothitch

Chris Dagley | Dave Milligan | James Mac | Laurence Cottle | Miles Bould | Nigel Hitchcock | Richard Cottle | Scott Firth

Smoothitch

Rating: ★★

Pity the poor reviewer faced with an album like this. Titles are listed (most tracks credited to ‘Hitch’) as is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2013

Review of Grant Green and Baby Face Willette: Trio & Quartet/The Complete Recordings

Grant Green and Baby Face Willette: Trio & Quartet/The Complete Recordings

Baby Face Willette | Ben Dixon | Dave Bailey | Fred Jackson | Grant Green | Lou Donaldson

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

Blink and you could have easily missed Roosevelt Baby Face Willette whose stay at Blue Note amounted to just five...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2014

Review of Charles Mingus: Complete Live At The Bohemia 1955

Charles Mingus: Complete Live At The Bohemia 1955

Bill Hardman | Calvin Newborn | Charles Mingus | Eddie Bert | George Barrow | J.R. Monterose | Jackie McLean | Jimmy Knepper | Mal Waldron | Max Roach

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Not often described as essential, this excellent two-hour-plus live session done for Mingus and Roach’s Debut label is doubtless overlooked...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2018

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