Review of Dr. Michael White: Live

Dr. Michael White: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli

Basin Street Records

Rating: ★★★★

This set was taped at Basin Street Records' 20th anniversary party at the Little Gem club in New Orleans and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2020

Review of Jim Mullen Organ Trio: Catch My Drift

Jim Mullen Organ Trio: Catch My Drift

Jim Mullen | Matt Skelton | Mike Gorman

Diving Duck

Rating: ★★★

This is the UK's premier guitar soloist swinging his regular touring trio through some neglected and indeed completely forgotten standards,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2014

Review of Van Morrison: …It's Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD

Van Morrison: …It's Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD

Bill Atwood | Dave Shaw | David Hayes | Jack Schroer | Jeff Labes | John Platania | Van Morrison

Editor's Choice

Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

Van Morrison's double album It's Too Late to Stop Now has long been considered one of the greatest live albums...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2016

Review of Tom Bancroft's In Common: Love and Stillness

Tom Bancroft's In Common: Love and Stillness

Gina Rae | Graeme Stephen | Gyan Singh | Inge Thomson | Sharat Chandra Srivastava | Sophie Bancroft | Tom Bancroft

Interrupto Music

Rating: ★★★★

Drummer-composer Tom Bancroft has been working roots music into quirkily energetic jazz improv-based ensemble settings during the past couple of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019

Review of Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes

Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes

Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam | Roshan ‘Tosh’ Wijetunge

Pig Records

Rating: ★★★

The pianist Jim Blomfield has been a fixture on the creative music scene in Bristol since 1991, and has also...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Review of Tina May Paris Quintet: No More Hanky Panky

Tina May Paris Quintet: No More Hanky Panky

Marcel Zanini | Pascal Gaubert | Patrick Villanueva | Pauline Atlan | Pierre Maingourd | Tina May | Vincent Cordelette

33 Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hot on the heels of Tina May’s outstanding Piaf album comes this long-awaited follow-up to the Tina May Paris Quintet’s...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of John O'Gallagher: The Anton Webern Project

John O'Gallagher: The Anton Webern Project

Johannes Weidenmuller | John O'Gallagher | Margret Grebowicz | Matt Moran | Pete McCann | Russ Lossing | Tyshawn Sorey

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Interpreting a selection of significant last-century composer Anton Webern’s works, John O’Gallagher is a California-born, but long-time New York-based saxophonist,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Review of Harold Mabern: Mr Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr

Harold Mabern: Mr Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr

Eric Alexander | Harold Mabern | Joe Farnsworth | John Webber

High Note

Rating: ★★★

Harold Mabern applies his seasoned sophistication to a set of tunes associated with Sammy Davis Jr. The obvious choices are...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol.2

Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol.2

Bob Cranshaw | Christian McBride | Jim Hall | Kobie Watkins | Ornette Coleman | Rollins | Roy Hargrove | Roy Haynes | Russell Malone | Sammy Figueroa

Doxy/Emarcy

Rating: ★★★

Unlike Road Shows Vol.1, which spanned nearly three decades of Sonny live, all but 16 and-a-half minutes of the new...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2011

Review of Wilma Baan: So Nice

Wilma Baan: So Nice

Wilma Baan

Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

Heartfelt, touching and intimate – there's so much to enjoy in this captivating debut album from vocalist Wilma Baan. Born...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021

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