Review of Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer: Recorded Fall 1961

Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer: Recorded Fall 1961

Bob Brookmeyer | Jimmy Garrison | John Neves | Roy Haynes | Stan Getz | Steve Kuhn

Poll Winners

Rating: ★★★

The eligibility of this album for the Poll Winners label shows that its warm welcome in 1962 was perhaps exaggerated...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2016

Review of Gary Husband: A Meeting of Spirits

Gary Husband: A Meeting of Spirits

Gary Husband

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

Few artists have been better positioned to appreciate the vision of John McLaughlin. A fan since his teen years, Husband...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Review of Susan Alcorn: Soledad

Susan Alcorn: Soledad

Michael Formanek | Susan Alcorn

Relative Pitch Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's wholly fitting that this questing US pedal steel guitarist has chosen to interpret the nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: June/2015

Review of James P Johnson: Carolina Shout

James P Johnson: Carolina Shout

Al Casey | Ben Webster | Bessie Smith | Eddie Condon | Edmond Hall | Ethel Waters | Fats Waller | Frankie Newton | James P. Johnson | Max Kaminsky

Editor's Choice

Retrospective RTS4388

Rating: ★★★★

James P has long been called ‘The Father Of Stride Piano’ (as one of the many subtitles of this album...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2022

Review of Enrico Rava: Edizione Speciale in Concert

Enrico Rava: Edizione Speciale in Concert

Enrico Morello | Enrico Rava | Francesco Bearzatti | Francesco Deodati | Gabriele Evangelista | Giovana Guidi

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Now 82 years of age, Enrico Rava has rightly been dubbed the Godfather of Italian jazz (‘Il Padrino’) and can...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet: Intuit

Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet: Intuit

Joe Martin | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Michael Kanan | Tim Pleasant

CrissCross Jazz/Elemental Music

Rating: ★★★

Philly-born Kurt Rosenwinkel was still a relative newcomer when this album of standards – released in 1999 on CD only,...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023

Review of Mel Tormé: Sings Shubert Alley/Back In Town

Mel Tormé: Sings Shubert Alley/Back In Town

Al Porcino | Art Pepper | Barney Kessel | Bill Hood | Bill Perkins | Bill Pittman | Bobby Gibbons | Frank Rosolino | Jack Sheldon | Joe Mondragon

Phoenix Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mel Tormé was good… damn good and he knew it… knew it to the point where, later in his career,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2012

Review of Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Ake Persson | Derek Humble | Francy Boland | Jimmy Deuchar | Jimmy Woode | Kenny Clarke | Mark Murphy | Ronnie Scott | Sahib Shihab

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Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Henri Texier: Sky Dancers

Henri Texier: Sky Dancers

Armel Dupas | François Corneloup | Henri Texier | Louis Moutin | Nguyên Lê | Sébastien Texier

Label Bleu

Rating: ★★★★

Shining a light on the forcibly disenfranchised is a reason for a fresh engagement with jazz for the extraordinary Paris-born...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Review of Alex Webb: British Standard Time

Alex Webb: British Standard Time

Alex Webb | Andy Davies | Carroll Thompson | Ciyo Brown | Flo Moore | Jamie McCredie | Jo Harrop | Leo Richardson | Luca Manning | Nathaniel Cross

Editor's Choice

Lateralize Records LR013CD

Rating: ★★★★

This new 15-track album from pianist, songwriter and MD Alex Webb presents a quartet of exceptional vocalists, a stellar cast...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2022

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