Review of Bobby Hutcherson: Montara

Bobby Hutcherson: Montara

Blue Mitchell | Bobby Hutcherson | Bobby Matos | Chuck Domanico | Eddie Cano | Ernie Watts | Harvey Mason | Johnny Paloma | Larry Nash | Oscar Brashear

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Like many jazz musicians weaned on Bird and Diz, Hutcherson embraced Latin rhythms throughout his career, and this beautiful album,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2020

Review of Carstairs McFadyen and his Creole Tunesmiths: Them Doggone Doodaddies

Carstairs McFadyen and his Creole Tunesmiths: Them Doggone Doodaddies

Carstairs McFadyen | DeBeauvoir Shales | Hoddy Lunsden | Scranton Hickory | Venezuela Smith

Spiffy Records

Carstairs McFadyen’s fi rst outfi t was the Original Mississippi Levee Stompin’ Jass Wranglers, but as the saxist recorded in...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: August/2018

Review of Sonny Rollins: Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums

Sonny Rollins: Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums

Barney Kessel | Hampton Hawes | Leroy Vinnegar | Ray Brown | Shelly Manne | Sonny Rollins | Vic Feldman

Contemporary/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

It’s comparatively easy to assemble a compilation of Rollins’ work for the LA-based Contemporary label, consisting of two albums and...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2023

Review of Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion: Exposed

Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion: Exposed

Paul Robinson | Pete Whittaker | Rob Koral | Si Genaro | Zoë Schwarz

33 Records

Rating: ★★★

Hot on the heels of Good Times and The Blues Don't Scare Me, this latest installment from Blue Commotion is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Polly Gibbons: My Own Company

Polly Gibbons: My Own Company

Arnie Somogyi | Chris Higginbottom | James Pearson | Polly Gibbons | Sam ‘Jeeps’ Roan | Sam Burgess

Diving Duck Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Good things come to those who wait, and you sense from the very opening bars of the self-penned title track...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2014

Review of Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Dafydd Williams | Dave Hamblett | Freddie Gavita | George Crowley | Jon Stokes | ohn Turville | Richard Turner | Tamar Osborn | Yuriy Galkin

F-IRE Presents

Rating: ★★★

Since making his home in London first to take up a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in...

Reviewed by in issue: March/2012

Review of Dave Douglas and Uri Caine: Present Joys

Dave Douglas and Uri Caine: Present Joys

Dave Douglas | Uri Caine

Green Leaf

Rating: ★★★★

With his passing, it's hard not to hold Charlie Haden in mind when listening to this sublime collaboration. Haden and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2014

Review of Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy

Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy

Bonita Lee Penn | Brandon Moses | Devin Brahja Waldman | Heru Shabaka-Ra | James Brandon Lewis | Jenna Camille | Luke Stewart | Melanie Dyer | Nettie Chickering | Randall Horton

577 Records

Rating: ★★

Poet and jazz critic LeRoi Jones – later known as Amiri Baraka – was a pioneer of fusing poetry and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2022

Review of Enrico Pieranunzi and Bert Joris: Afterglow

Enrico Pieranunzi and Bert Joris: Afterglow

Bert Joris | Enrico Pieranunzi

Challenge

Rating: ★★★★

In these dark times, it is wonderful to hear an album on which every track is a joy, an illuminating...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2021

Review of Mark Jennett: Everybody Says Don't

Mark Jennett: Everybody Says Don't

Andy Panayi | Geoff Gascoyne | Martin Shaw | Rob Barron | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

Jazzizit Records

Rating: ★★★

Kicking off with the adrenalised title track, taken from the Sondheim musical Anyone Can Whistle, this hugely enjoyable 14-track collection...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2014

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