Count Basie: Swinging The Blues
Back in the days of LPs, if you wanted a comprehensive history of the ‘Old Testament’ Basie band on record,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019
Mike Walker and Stuart McCallum: Beholden
Two gentle giants among contemporary guitarists join their subtle energies in one of the year's more satisfying collaborations. The album...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Chris Ingham Quartet: Stan
Arnie Somogyi | Chris Ingham | George Double | Mark Crooks
Pianist Ingham has form with this kind of thing. He’s already been out and about with tributes to Hoagy Carmichael...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2019
Christian McBride and Inside Straight: People Music
Christian McBride's straight-ahead project might not break any boundaries but, like the leader's propulsive bass playing, it certainly packs a...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2013
Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood
Here’s the premier male jazz vocalist of his day in assertive form in front of an octet taken from the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022
Stan Getz Quartet: Swiss Radio Days Vol. 29
Ed Thigpen | Jan Johansson | Ray Brown | Stan Getz
Impresario Norman Granz could never be accused of ever short-changing concertgoers. By 1960, his twice-yearly JATP road shows had changed...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Gilad Atzmon/Alan Barnes: The Lowest Common Denominator
Alan Barnes | Chris Higginbotham | Frank Harrison | Gilad Atzmon | Yaron Stavi
Barnes and Atzmon have been an item musically for a while now. Barnes tells me that he's getting a real...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2017
Alex Hitchcock Quintet: Live At The London And Cambridge Jazz Festivals
Alex Hitchcock | James Copus | Jay Davis | Joe Downard | Will Barry
Saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock formed this band for his 2016 postgrad finals at the Royal Academy of Music, and...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018
Fire! Orchestra: Arrival
Four albums in, the Fire! Trio's once 28-piece collective iteration is streamlined by half and harbours a string quartet. The...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2019
Zoë Schwarz: Blue Commotion
Gareth Williams | Paul Robinson | Rob Koral | Steve Thompson | Zoë Schwarz
This terrific new album from vocalist Zoë Schwarz and guitarist Rob Koral successfully mines the blues side of jazz, with...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
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