Johnny Griffin: Four Classic Albums

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian: In the Year of the Dragon

Charlie Haden | Geri Allenn | Juan Lazaro Mendolas | Paul Motian

In the days when the Arts Council were a much more active component of the UK jazz scene, they mounted...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024

Johnny Griffin/Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Ewan Bleach Quartet: Ewan the Night ‘n’ the Music

Colin Good | Ewan Bleach | Jim Ydstie | John Kelly | Martin Wheatley

Multi-reedman Bleach is a regular with the new young Metropolitan revivalist bands like Tuba Skinny and has recorded quite widely.Here...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022

Monika Herzig: Sheroes

Ada Rovatti | Ingrid Jensen | Jamie Baum | Jennifer Vincent | Leni Stern | Mayra Casales | Monika Herzig | Reu Regev | Rosa Avila

The German-born pianist-composer Monika Herzig's Sheroes boasts a female cast of international class instrumentalists. It's the follow-up to Herzig's similarly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Chris Hodgkins & Dave Price: Back In Your Own Backyard

Ashley John Long | Chris Hodgkins | Dave Price | Erika Lyons

Here's Hodgkins newly released from his long-term role as director of Jazz Services and back to doing what he always...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2015

Wilma Baan: Look At Me Now!

Graham Harvey | James McMillan | Jeremy Brown | Nat Steele | Nigel Price | Sebastiaan de Krom | Tristan Banks | Wilma Baan

From the swinging opener ‘Oh! Look at Me Now’ to the striking ballad ‘Never Let Me Go’, vocalist Wilma Baan's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2023

Wynton Marsalis: The Music Of America

Ben Wolfe | Cassandra Wilson | Eric Reed | Farid Barron | Gideon Feldstein | Herlin Riley | James Carter | Joe Temperley | Kent Jordan | Marcus Printup

Note absence of the word jazz in the title. One could argue that, although he is an embodiment of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2012

Jay Lawrence: Sonic Paragon

Anthony Wilson | Harry Allen | Jay Lawrence | John Patitucci | Renee Rosnes | Romero Lubambo | Terell Stafford | Yotam Silberstein

I was tempted to begin playing this disc at track 11, a cover of Hendrix's ‘Crosstown Traffic’. I love Hendrix...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2018

Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk: Mulligan Meets Monk

Connie Kay | Gerry Mulligan | Miles Davis | Percy Heath | Shadow Wilson | Thelonious Monk | Wilbur Ware | Zoot Sims

In the late 1950s Mulligan had a big following and was freelancing between labels, recording for Columbia and Verve among...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2018