Abdullah Ibrahim: African Piano
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
Stan Getz: Award Winner
Leroy Vinnegar | Lou Levy | Stan Getz | Stan Levey
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
Roy Palmer: The New Orleans Hot Trombonist
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
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
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
Hayden Prosser: Tether
Elias Stemeseder | Hayden Prosser | Max Santner | Philipp Gropper
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
Billy Taylor Trio: With Candido
Billy Taylor | Candido Camero | Earl May | Percy Brice
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
Omer Avital: Suite of the East
Avishai Cohen | Daniel Freedman | Joel Frahm | Omer Avital | Omer Klein
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
Erena Terabako with Legends: New York Attitude
Dominick Farinacci | Erena Terakubo | Kenny Barron | Lee Pearson | Ron Carter
The legends in question are Ron Carter and Kenny Barron, and they burst into action from the word go. The...
Reviewed by Mike Hobar in issue: October/2012
Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding: Alive at the Village Vanguard
Esperanza Spalding | Fred Hersch
The Hersch/Spalding duo were back at the Village Vanguard in January, to celebrate the release of this album. Spalding eschews...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2023
Album Interview: Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone: Here's A Song For You
Here's A Song For You is a beautiful piece of work. It mixes standards like ‘Here Come De Honey Man’...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: February/2012
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