Review of Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott Lafaro | Scott LaFaro | Teddy Kotick

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Following up the expanded publicdomain reissue of Portrait In Jazz on their Poll Winners label (see Jazzwise 151), EJC have...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012

Review of Alfredo Rodriguez: The Invasion Parade

Alfredo Rodriguez: The Invasion Parade

Alfredo Rodriguez | Billy Carrion | Esperanza Spalding | Henry Cole | Javier Porta | Pedrito Martinez | Peter Slovak | Roman Filiu

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

The son of a popular Cuban TV personality, former child prodigy Rodriguez had a strong classical training background (Bach, Beethoven,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2014

Review of Eric Binder Trio: Hard Bop

Eric Binder Trio: Hard Bop

Eric Binder

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★★

An album called Hard Bop, led by a drummer sounds like a cue for a Jazz Messengers tribute act. In...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2020

Review of Eliane Elias: Mirror Mirror

Eliane Elias: Mirror Mirror

Chick Corea | Chucho Valdés | Eliane Elias

Editor's Choice

Candid Records CCD 30042

Rating: ★★★★

Asked to name some of the great jazz piano duo albums and you might think of An Evening with Herbie...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

Review of Matt Carter Octet: Read Between The Lines

Matt Carter Octet: Read Between The Lines

Gareth Lockrane | George Jefford | Harry Greene | Harry Maund | Joe Lee | Jonny Ford | Luke Tomlinson | Matt Carter | Tom Smith

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Matt Carter comes bursting out from the Royal Academy with an impressive CV already to hand; it includes stints...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2023

Review of Count Basie and his Orchestra: The Count Basie Collection 1937-39

Count Basie and his Orchestra: The Count Basie Collection 1937-39

Count Basie

Editor's Choice

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★★

For those who don't own the 1992 GRP box set documenting this era of Basie, or who may not have...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: June/2021

Review of Owen Broder: Hodges Front and Center Vol. Two

Owen Broder: Hodges Front and Center Vol. Two

Barry Stephenson III | Bryan Carter | Carmen Staaf | Owen Broder | Riley Mulherkar

Outside In Music

Rating: ★★★★

We took note of Broder’s Volume 1 in Jazzwise 278 and liked it. As the blurb puts it, "the album...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Review of Loz Speyer's Time Zone: Clave Sin Embargo

Loz Speyer's Time Zone: Clave Sin Embargo

Andy Ball | Dave Manington | Loz Speyer | Martin Hathaway | Maurizio Ravalico | Stuart Hall

Spherical Records

Rating: ★★★

Loz Speyer has long been on the list of idiosyncratic British jazz musicians arguably requiring further attention. Following 2017's Inner...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Arun Ghosh: but where are you really from?

Arun Ghosh: but where are you really from?

Arun Ghosh | Chris Williams | Dave Walsh | Idris Rahman | Liran Donin | Myke Wilson | Sarathay Korwar | Sylvan Richardson

camoci

Rating: ★★★★

After three acoustic albums, Arun Ghosh's first ‘electric’ album might appear an abrupt change of musical direction. In fact, since...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2017

Review of Van Morrison: …It's Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD

Van Morrison: …It's Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD

Bill Atwood | Dave Shaw | David Hayes | Jack Schroer | Jeff Labes | John Platania | Van Morrison

Editor's Choice

Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

Van Morrison's double album It's Too Late to Stop Now has long been considered one of the greatest live albums...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2016

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