Ben Crosland Quintet: The Ray Davies Songbook
Ben Crosland | Dave O’Higgins | John Etheridge | Sebastian de Krom | Steve Lodder
The only surprise is that nobody's done it before! There's barely a songwriter of the 1960s who hasn’t been pillaged,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016
Lou Donaldson: Midnight Sun/Blues Walk
Blue Note wasn't any different than most labels in that it wanted breadand-butter artists on their wish list – those...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2015
Nick Finzer: Dreams, Visions, Illusions
Alex Wintz | Dave Baron | Glenn Zalenski | Jimmy Macbride | Lucas Pino | Nick Finzer
The latest album from trombonist Nick Finzer's established sextet explores the role of the muse through a set of workman-like...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2023
Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold
Alan Broadbent | Andrew Cleyndert | Dave Ohm | FAME’s Studio Orchestra | Georgia Mancio
Completing a critically-acclaimed trilogy following Songbook (2017) and Quiet Is The Star (2021), the latest collaboration between vocalist Georgia Mancio...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025
Emily Saunders: Outsiders Insiders
Bruno Heinen | Byron Wallen | Dave Whitford | Emily Saunders | Jon Scott | Trevor Mires
I was a huge fan of Emily Saunders' 2011 debut Cotton Skies, not least because it showcased an artist who...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015
Brother Jack McDuff: Ain’t No Sunshine: Live in Seattle
Dave Young | Jack McDuff | Lee Johnson | plus uncredited | Ron Davis | Vinne Corrae
This spectacularly so-so excursion into public domain blues riffs by Brother Jack McDuff is certainly not up to the standard...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2024
Pete Atkin: The Luck of the Draw – The Clive James-Pete Atkin Songbook Volume 2
Although long aware of 78-year-old singer-songwriter Atkin’s association with the late Clive James, I hadn’t ever heard Atkin perform before...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023
Nat Adderley: Nat Adderley Four Classic Albums That's Nat Adderley/Introducing Nat Adderley/To The Ivy League/Much Brass
Though he managed to carve out a solo career while still a member of brother Cannonball's various quintets and sextets,...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2012
John Coltrane: The Complete Paul Chambers Sessions
Coltrane’s three 1956 sessions under the leadership of Chambers aren’t absolutely essential (Chambers’ Music, High Step and Whims of Chambers,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013
Bill Evans: Interplay
The Matchball reissue seems to be identical to part of a 2CD set which was billed as being both the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
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