Review of Laura Collins: Baltimore Oriole

Laura Collins: Baltimore Oriole

Barry Green | Dick Pearce | Jeremy Brown | Laura Collins | Matt Skelton | Sam Dunn

Spotlite

Rating: ★★★★

It was while a student at Queens’ College, Cambridge, that Laura Collins made the irreversible switch from college chapel to...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2010

Review of Jim Snidero: Stream of Consciousness

Jim Snidero: Stream of Consciousness

Jim Snidero | Linda Oh | Paul Bollenback | Rudy Royston

Savant

Rating: ★★★

Now in his early fifties, this fine and underrated Californian altoist plays a slippery and singing alto sax that rides...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2013

Review of Scott McLemore: Remote Location

Scott McLemore: Remote Location

Andres Thor | Oskar Guojonsson | Robert Porhallsson | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs

Sunny Sky

Rating: ★★★

This is a very pleasant album that does not jar or shock but goes about its business in a very...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013

Review of John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell: Complete Studio Sessions

John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell: Complete Studio Sessions

Art Taylor | Donald Byrd | Doug Watkins | Horace Silver | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Kenny Burrell | Mal Waldron | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones

Jazz Images

Rating: ★★★★

John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell's association on the bandstand goes back to their time with the Dizzy Gillespie band in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019

Review of Louis Armstrong: The Uncollected Singles 1955-1961

Louis Armstrong: The Uncollected Singles 1955-1961

Bing Crosby | Danny Kaye | Duke Ellington | Ella Fitzgerald | Erwin Halletz | Gabriele | Hal Mooney | Louis Armstrong | Nina & Fredrik | Red Nichols

Jasmine

Rating: ★★

A glance at that personnel listing tells you this is a leftover from the Christmas market and, discographically, it's a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2023

Review of Dabin Ryu: Wall

Dabin Ryu: Wall

Benjamin Young | Dabin Ryu | Nathan See | Willis Edmundson | Zoe Obadia

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

An award-winning pianist from Seoul, South Korea, Dabin Ryu was quietly establishing herself on the New York jazz scene prior...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2021

Review of Billy Cobham: Album Interview: The Atlantic Years 1973-1978

Billy Cobham: Album Interview: The Atlantic Years 1973-1978

Alex Blake | Billy Cobham | Cornell Dupree | Dawilli Gonga | Doug Rauch | Garnett Brown | George Duke | Glenn Ferris | Jan Hammer | Joe Farrell

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★★

A plush box of the seven albums Cobham cut in a flourish of creativity following his days with the Mahavishnu...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Evan Parker & Joe McPhee: What/If/They Both Could Fly

Evan Parker & Joe McPhee: What/If/They Both Could Fly

Evan Parker | Joe McPhee

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live at the Norwegian Kongsberg Jazzfestival, this session captures the 68-year old Parker and 73-year old McPhee displaying all...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2014

Review of Bob James: Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions

Bob James: Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions

Bob James

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

This reviewer has been fairly well insulated from Bob James, apart from the inevitable ‘Angela/Theme From Taxi’ and his very...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Review of Joe McPhee/Dave Rempis/Tomeka Reid/Brandon Lopez/Paal Nilssen-Love: Of Things Beyond Thule Volume 2

Joe McPhee/Dave Rempis/Tomeka Reid/Brandon Lopez/Paal Nilssen-Love: Of Things Beyond Thule Volume 2

Brandon Lopez | Dave Rempis | Joe McPhee | Paal Nilssen-Love | Tomeka Reid

Aerophonic

Rating: ★★★

Recorded live at The Hungry Brain in Chicago, this stonking set captures an inter-generational quintet of impeccable pedigree with ideas...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

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