Wadada Leo Smith/Henry Kaiser/Alex Varty: Pacifica Koral Reef
Alex Varty | Henry Kaiser | Wadada Leo Smith
Nature, as well as family and community, has long been an important reference in the work of Wadada Leo Smith...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2022
Georgia Cécile: Only The Lover Sings
2021 was definitely something of an annus mirabilis for the vocalist and songwriter, Georgia Cécile. She won a host of...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2022
Alan Barnes: The Art Trip/The Music Of Art Pepper
Al Swainger | Alan Barnes | Craig Milverton | Nick Millward
The Art Trip is a highly accomplished three-piece trio who, on this outing, specialise in reinterpreting music either composed by...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2012
Rodney Whitaker: When We Find Ourselves Alone
Antonio Hart | Bruce Barth | Gregory Hutchinson | Rockelle Fortin | Rodney Whitaker
Detroit-born Rodney Whitaker, 46, is still one of our music's most respected bassists. After working with the underappreciated Terence Blanchard-Donald...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2015
George Duke: No Rhyme, No Reason: The Elektra/Warner Years 1985-2000
That long list of vocalists is the giveaway. This bumper 3-CD, three-hour-plus release draws on nine albums over 15 years,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2022
Gerard Presencer and the DR Big Band: Groove Travels
Adam Rapa | Eliel Lazo | Gerard Presencer
Since moving to Copenhagen Gerard Presencer has established himself as one of the cornerstones of the DR Big Band trumpet...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2016
Westbrook & Company: Paintbox Jane: Raoul Dufy Paints a Portrait
Kate and Mike Westbrook are Riviera people. Okay, it may be the Torquay Riviera, close to their West Country home,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2022
Binker Golding: Abstractions Of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers
Binker Golding | Daniel Casimir | Joe Armon-Jones | Sam Jones
Saxophonist Golding shows his versatility on an enjoyable set. This is a markedly different proposition to the duos formed with...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019
Nguyên Lê with Michael Gibbs and NDR Bigband: Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon
Gary Husband | Jörg Achim Keller | Jürgen Attig | Nguyên Lê | Vladyslav Sendecki | Youn Sun Nah
Sam Yahel, of Josh Redman's Elastic band, had a good instrumental crack at Dark Side, and now Nguyên Lê sets...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Thelonious Monk: The Centennial Edition: Paris 1954
Gerard Dave Pochonet | Jean-Louis Viale | Jean-Marie Ingrand | Thelonious Monk
We’ve known forever that Monk’s first foreign trip was to the 1954 Paris Jazz Fair, and that his initial unaccompanied...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
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