Gareth Lockrane Big Band: Fistfght at the Barn Dance
This is the first call London-based flute specialist and composer Gareth Lockrane's long awaited Big Band debut release on Michael...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017
Dr Lonnie Smith: Evolution
Smith last recorded for Blue Note 45 years ago, and he still retains the effortless soul that was that label’s...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2016
The Mike Westbrook Brass Band: The Paris Album
Mike and Kate Westbrook's archive is a rich record of six decades of Brit Jazz. Not that the couple and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2020
Reggie Washington: Vintage New Acoustic
Bobby Sparks | E.J. Strickland | Fabrice Alleman | Reggie Washington | Ulrich ‘Yul’ Edorh
Ooh, I love a good jazz oxymoron, and the combination of ‘Vintage New’ in the title of this disc from...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Feb/2019
DouBt: Never Pet a Burning Dog
Alex Maguire | Michael Delville | Richard Sinclair | Tony Bianco
Alongside Robert Wyatt, former Caravan vocalist Richard Sinclair's angelic tones were the voice of the Canterbury scene. Guesting here, he...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2010
Joel Harrison 5: Spirit House
Brian Blade | Cuong Vu | Joel Harrison | Kermit Driscoll | Paul Hanson
Despite 2014’s Mother Stump yielding decidedly mixed results, its inspired arrangement of Paul Motian's ‘Folk Song For Rosie’ showed off...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2015
Karen Lane Organ Project: Two Steps from the Blues
Dominic Ashworth | John Hoare | Karen Lane | Nic France | Pete Whittaker
Inspired by one of Lane's key influences as a jazz singer, Sarah Vaughan's 1963 studio album Sarah Sings Soulfully (arranged...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
James Morton: The Kid
Morton's stated aim is ‘to bring jazz back to the dance-floor’, and 15 years playing with former James Brown saxophonist...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2016
The Brother Moves On: $/He Who Feeds You Owns You
Jo’burg collective The Brother Moves On continue their genre leaping with this, their fourth album, a studio recording both wildly...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022
Nat Birchall: Invocations
Adam Fairhall | Christian Weaver | John Ellis | Johnny Hunter | Nat Birchall | Tim Fairhall
A tweak of the personnel in Nat Birchall's latest ensemble brings a subtle but resonant shift in his fertile seam...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
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