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 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

Review of Abdullah Ibrahim: African Piano

Abdullah Ibrahim: African Piano

Abdullah Ibrahim

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Done on one of Ibrahim's return visits to Copenhagen's Montmartre, where the Dollar Brand Trio had been recorded for Fontana/Black...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2014

Review of Stan Getz: Award Winner

Stan Getz: Award Winner

Leroy Vinnegar | Lou Levy | Stan Getz | Stan Levey

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Directly following a spirited romp through ‘All God's Chillun Got Rhythm’, Getz quizzes his accompanists in all seriousness “Did I...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012

Review of GØ: Ævir, amen

GØ: Ævir, amen

Árni Jóhannesson | Ernst Remmel | Hjørtur P. Háberg | Kristian Pauli Ellefsen | Kristina Thede Johansen | Malan Martinsdóttir Joensen | Maria Wang Reinert | Ólavur Eyðunsson Gaard | Per Ingvaldur Højgaard Petersen | Rúni Nielsen

Tutl Records

Rating: ★★★★

The first time I encountered this Faroese group was at last year’s Reykjavík Jazz Festival and they blew me away...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025

Review of Roy Palmer: The New Orleans Hot Trombonist

Roy Palmer: The New Orleans Hot Trombonist

Alfred Bell | Arnett Nelson | Bob Hudson | Darnell Howard | Ed Hudson | Frank Melrose | Jimmy Bertrand | Jimmy Blythe | John Lindsey | Roy Palmer

Upbeat

Rating: ★★★

We’re delving here into the Chicago South Side of the 1930s, these informal if rough-sounding cuts destined for the African-American...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2023

Review of Red Price, Ray Warleigh & Chris Pyne with the Johnny Burch Trio: Groovin' High: Jam Session at The Hopbine 1965

Red Price, Ray Warleigh & Chris Pyne with the Johnny Burch Trio: Groovin' High: Jam Session at The Hopbine 1965

Alan ‘Buzz’ Green | Chris Pyne | Johnny Burch | Ray Warleigh | Red Price | Ron Mathewson

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

For those not in the know, the Hopbine was a 1930s boozer in North Wembley where tenorist Tommy Whittle hosted...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2017

Review of Billy Taylor Trio: With Candido

Billy Taylor Trio: With Candido

Billy Taylor | Candido Camero | Earl May | Percy Brice

Prestige

Rating: ★★★

Leading off with the not-yet-standard ‘Mambo Inn’, this early LP (originally a 10-inch, then bumped up to a 32-minute 12-inch,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012

Review of Omer Avital: Suite of the East

Omer Avital: Suite of the East

Avishai Cohen | Daniel Freedman | Joel Frahm | Omer Avital | Omer Klein

Anzic Records

Rating: ★★★

The sessions that comprise Suite of the East date back to 2006, following this band's month-long residency at Small's in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2012

Review of Hayden Prosser: Tether

Hayden Prosser: Tether

Elias Stemeseder | Hayden Prosser | Max Santner | Philipp Gropper

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Tether as in ‘the end of one's’ or as in a rope that anchors a moving object to a fixed...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2017

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