Sonny Rollins Trio: Complete 1957-62 Studio Recordings
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
Louise van den Heuvel: Sonic Hug
Daniel Jonkers | Henrik Lasure | Louise van den Heuvel | Sam Comerford
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
Nick Costley-White: Detour Ahead
Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson | Nick Costley-White | Sam Rapley
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
Henry Lowther's Quarternity: Never Never Land
Alan Wakeman | Art Themen | Dave Green Chris Laurence | Henry Lowther | Phil Lee | Trevor Tomkins
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
Nigel Hitchcock: Smoothitch
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
Grant Green and Baby Face Willette: Trio & Quartet/The Complete Recordings
Baby Face Willette | Ben Dixon | Dave Bailey | Fred Jackson | Grant Green | Lou Donaldson
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
Charles Mingus: Complete Live At The Bohemia 1955
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
The Code Quartet: Genealogy
As the notes accompanying Genealogy put it, the album “builds on the freedom of expression pioneered by Ornette Coleman's seminal...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2021
Ed Neumeister Quartet: What Have I Done?
Drew Gress | Ed Neumeister | Gary Versace | Tom Rainey
In the often captivating mix of idiosyncrasy and elegance of this intriguing set, the American trombonist, composer and educator Ed...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Dexter Gordon: Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard
Dexter Gordon | Louis Hayes | Ronnie Matthews | Stafford James | Woody Shaw
Dexter Gordon moved to Copenhagen in 1962. He sent back a couple of musical postcards from Paris, one in 1963,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2021
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