Review of Dave Liebman/Lewis Porter: Surreality

Dave Liebman/Lewis Porter: Surreality

Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | Dave Liebman | Lewis Porter | Marc Ribot

Enja Yellow Bird

Rating: ★★★

If Dave Liebman in Conversation with Lewis Porter: What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist has not already...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013

Review of Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol.V!!! (Live At The Winery)

Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol.V!!! (Live At The Winery)

Art Pepper | Brad Bilhorn | Jim Nichols | Smith Dobson

Art Pepper Music

Rating: ★★★★

Another rummage through the archive has come up with this soundboard recording that finds Art Pepper supported by a sympathetic...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014

Review of Gee/Gallo/Minetto: Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana)

Gee/Gallo/Minetto: Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana)

Jonathan Gee

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Hard act to follow, that Frank Sinatra, but Jonathan Gee – known principally as a pianist, although he's sung the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2020

Review of Aldo Romano: Inner Smile

Aldo Romano: Inner Smile

Aldo Romano | Baptiste Trotignon | Enrio Rava | Thomas Bramerie

Dreyfus Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Aldo Romano is a no-frills Italian-born, French-based drummer who's been a lynchpin in bands such as those of Henri Texier...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Review of Sebastien Ammann: Change of Course

Sebastien Ammann: Change of Course

Caroline Davis | Eric McPherson | John Hébert | Ralph Alessi | Sebastien Ammann

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★★★

The pianist-composer Sebastien Ammann, since arriving in New York in 2008 from his native Switzerland, has assembled a few high-profile...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2024

Review of Art Pepper: Live In Japan Ophelia/The Summer Knows

Art Pepper: Live In Japan Ophelia/The Summer Knows

Art Pepper | Bob Magnusson | Brad Bilhorn | Carl Burnett | Fred Atwood | Jm Nichols | Jmmie Smith | Milcho Leviev | Smith Dobson | Tommy Gumina

Storyville

Rating: ★★★★

Pulled from Art's archives, these location tapes may have been around the block a couple of times (as four separate...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012

Review of Flashmob: Generals

Flashmob: Generals

Nick Smalley | Rory Simmons | Ryan Williams | Will Collier

F-IRE

Rating: ★★★

Electric guitarist Ryan Williams’ four-piece Flashmob were formed in 2007. On the band’s debut Generals on the F-IRE label, Williams...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2011

Review of Alex Goodman Quintet: Bridges

Alex Goodman Quintet: Bridges

Amir ElSaffar | Brad Shepik | Chris Komer | Jamey Haddad | Jamie Baum | Jeff Hirshfield | John Escreet | Navin Chettri | Sam Sadigurksy | Zack Lober

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

Young, suited and booted Canadian guitarled group looking to bring back slim ties, along with their mix of Bach, east...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Review of Vincent Herring: Hard Times

Vincent Herring: Hard Times

Brad Nathan | Carl Allen | Cyrus Chestnut | Dan Dillon | Nicolas Bearde | Russell Malone | Steve Turre | Vincent Herring | Yasushi Nakamura

Smoke Sessions

Rating: ★★★

Vincent Herring is probably the nearest we have to a Cannonball Adderley on today’s jazz scene and we generally find...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Review of Mark Masters Ensemble: Everything You Did: The Music of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

Mark Masters Ensemble: Everything You Did: The Music of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

Anna Mjoll | Billy Harper | Brad Dutz | Brian Williams | Gary Smulyan | Gene Cipriano | Hamilton Price | Louis Fasman | Peter Erskine | Tim Hagans

Capri

Rating: ★★★

The mutual love affair between Steely Dan and jazzers has flourished for decades, and while Masters has previously recorded projects...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2013

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