Review of Various Artists: On the Corner Live: The Music of Miles Davis

Various Artists: On the Corner Live: The Music of Miles Davis

Chester Thompson | Chris Walters | Dave Liebman | James Dasilva | Jeff Coffin | Victor Wooton

Ear Up (CD)

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live in the Nashville venue 3rd & Lindsley the legacy of Miles Davis still provides musicians old enough to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019

Review of Christine Tobin: Sailing to Byzantium

Christine Tobin: Sailing to Byzantium

Christine Tobin | Dave Whitford | Gabriel Byrne | Gareth Lockrane | Kate Shortt | Liam Noble | Phil Robson

Editor's Choice

Trail Belle Records

Rating: ★★★★

In this beautiful collection of songs based on the poetry of WB Yeats, vocalist Christine Tobin has created an unqualified...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2012

Review of Mark Cherrie Quartet: Any Anxious Colour

Mark Cherrie Quartet: Any Anxious Colour

Chantelle Duncan | Dave O’Higgins | Eric Ford | Fergus Gerrand | John Donaldson | Mark Cherrie | Tom Mason

Windmill Jazz

Rating: ★★★

"The steel pan of course has no particular history in jazz music itself, unlike many other instruments,” explains bandleader and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2024

Review of Joe Henderson: Multiple

Joe Henderson: Multiple

Arthur Jenkins | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | James ‘Blood’ Ulmer | Joe Henderson | John Thomas | Larry Willis

Milestone/Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series

Rating: ★★★★

Joe Henderson made many albums over his long and storied career, but there are two that I return to again...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2025

Review of Various Artists: Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions

Various Artists: Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions

Al Gibson | Al Killian | Anita Boyer | Arnold Ross | Art Hodes | Art Pepper | Art Tatum | Arthur Duncan | Artie Shapiro | Baby Dodds

Editor's Choice

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

The middle of a World War, during a national shortage of shellac, might seem the craziest time to start a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2022

Review of The Oscar Peterson Trio + The Singers Unlimited: In Tune

The Oscar Peterson Trio + The Singers Unlimited: In Tune

Bonnie Herman | Don Shelton | Gene Puerling | Jiri Mraz | Len Dresslar | Louis Hayes | Oscar Peterson

MPS

Rating: ★★★★

Despite the excellence of Oscar Peterson’s enormous output on Norman Granz’s Verve label, his playing seemed to reach full maturity...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2018

Review of Lalo Schifrin: Man On A Swing OST (Expanded Edition)

Lalo Schifrin: Man On A Swing OST (Expanded Edition)

Bud Shank | Emil Richards | Howard Roberts | Lalo Schifrin

WeWantSounds

Rating: ★★★★

Lalo Schifrin is best known for his thrilling TV and movie soundtracks – Mission: Impossible, Dirty Harry, Enter The Dragon...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023

Review of Joel Harrison 7: Search

Joel Harrison 7: Search

Christian Howes | Clarence Penn | Dana Leong | Donny McCaslin | Gary Versace | Joel Harrison | Stephan Crump

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

The Washington DC guitarist-composer Joel Harrison (and sometime rugged country-blues singer, though not here) has been cooking up his own...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Review of Azar Lawrence: The Seeker

Azar Lawrence: The Seeker

Azar Lawrence | Benito Gonzalez | Essiet Okon Essiet | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Nicholas Payton

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

Of all the post-Coltrane tenor saxophonists, arguably the most outstanding and least recognised must surely be Azar Lawrence. His youthful...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2014

Review of Dezron Douglas: Atalaya

Dezron Douglas: Atalaya

Dezron Douglas | Emilio Modeste | George Burton | Joe Dyson Jr | Melvis Santa

Editor's Choice

International Anthem

Rating: ★★★★

A protége of Jackie McLean, a DownBeat magazine 2019 Rising Star and a performer with Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Cyrus...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

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