Bill Evans Trio: Explorations
Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott Lafaro | Scott LaFaro | Teddy Kotick
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
Alfredo Rodriguez: The Invasion Parade
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
Eric Binder Trio: Hard Bop
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
Eliane Elias: Mirror Mirror
Chick Corea | Chucho Valdés | Eliane Elias
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
Matt Carter Octet: Read Between The Lines
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
Count Basie and his Orchestra: The Count Basie Collection 1937-39
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
Owen Broder: Hodges Front and Center Vol. Two
Barry Stephenson III | Bryan Carter | Carmen Staaf | Owen Broder | Riley Mulherkar
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
Loz Speyer's Time Zone: Clave Sin Embargo
Andy Ball | Dave Manington | Loz Speyer | Martin Hathaway | Maurizio Ravalico | Stuart Hall
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
Arun Ghosh: but where are you really from?
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
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
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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