Randy Brecker: The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion
“Never look back” seemed one of Miles' more useful aphorisms. So you may question why Brecker would want to revive...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014
Jim Mullen Reunion Quartet: String Theory
Glaswegian guitarist Jim Mullen recently reformed his quartet with Gareth Williams, Mick Hutton and Gary Husband for a Jazz Services-supported...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2015
Blazing Flame: Play High Mountain Top
It may be nonsense, but it is still sometimes said that all contemporary jazz sounds the same. That is not...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2014
Various Artists: Soho Scene ’57: Jazz Goes Mod
In the latest of these valuable compilations, the focus is on the contrasting UK and US modern jazz scenes as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Various Artists: Jazz & The Philharmonic
Not to be confused, of course, with Jazz At The Philharmonic, this altogether different beast can't be knocked in terms...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014
Dhafer Youssef: Street of Minarets
The tenth album from Tunisian vocalist and oud player Dhafer Youssef harks back to his stunning Electric Sufi, a 2001...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2023
Ken Vandermark's Topology Nonet featuring Joe McPhee: Impressions of Po Music
As McPhee explains in his sometimes-poetic liner notes, the notion of ‘Po’ derives from the philosopher Edward de Bono –...
Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: October/2013
Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: The Complete Lansdowne Recordings 1965-1969
Formed in late 1962, the Don Rendell/Ian Car Quintet made their debut for the independent Spotlite Label in January 1964,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band: Last Night at the Old Place
It may seem amazing that such an important document of British jazz history, the last night at Ronnie Scott’s ‘Old...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018
Gerry Mulligan: Night Lights
Released at the peak of the bossa-nova boom of the early 1960s, on the face of it this album might...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: December/January/2021/2022
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