Review of Jo Harrop: The Path of a Tear

Jo Harrop: The Path of a Tear

Anthony Wilson | David Piltch | Jim Cox | Jo Harrop | Larry Klein | Victor Indrizzo

Lateralize Records

Rating: ★★★★

Iggy Pop has declared that Jo Harrop is a fine jazz singer, and she won Jazz Album of the Year...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2024

Review of Living In Shadows

Living In Shadows

Andy Champion | Emma Fisk | George Milburn | Graeme Wilson | Mark Williams | Paul Edis | Zoë Gilby

Evening Play Records

Rating: ★★★★

Four years in the making, this eight-track album from the husband and wife pairing of award-winning vocalist Zoë Gilby and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2021

Review of Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet: In a World of Mallets

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet: In a World of Mallets

Austin Johnson | Dave Potter | Jason Marsalis | Will Goble

Basin Street Records

Rating: ★★★

The youngest Marsalis brother is better known as a drummer, but being a member of that multi-talented family it should...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2013

Review of Viktoria Tolstoy: Stations

Viktoria Tolstoy: Stations

Joel Lyssarides | Krister Jonsson | Mattias Svennson | Rasmus Kihlberg | Viktoria Tolstoy

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

As emotionally engaging as it is immaculately performed, this latest album from vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy scores highly for its striking...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2020

Review of Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music

Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music

Curtis Fuller | John Coltrane | Kenny Drew | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones | Roland Alexander

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★

The first six titles were originally released on a small LA label called Jazz West, which I remember being very...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2011

Review of Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Dave Weckl | David Mann | Ed Mann | Eric Marienthal | Gary Novak | Jean-Luc Ponty | Jeff Lorber | Jimmy Haslip | Larry Kroonse | Lenny Castro

Heads Up

Rating: ★★

Apparently, Lorber's squillionth release was inspired by house music and indeed takes its title from Tony Wilson's Manc club of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Bobby Shew Quintet: Class Reunion

Bobby Shew Quintet: Class Reunion

Bill Mays | Bob Magnusson | Bobby Shew | Gordon Brisker | Steve Schaeffer

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

This is the moment that Bobby Shew (who had moved to LA earlier in the decade) took the decision to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Review of Davide Mantovani: Choices

Davide Mantovani: Choices

Adriano Adewale | Ahmed Mamadou Fofana | Alice Bellasich | Al-Maranca | Claudio Passavanti | David Liddell | Davide Mantovani | Guillemo Hill | Gustavo Marques | Ivan Hussey

Equilateral

Rating: ★★★

Since moving to the UK in 1991, the Italian-born bassist Davide Mantovani has become the rhythmic backbone for bands that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Atomic: Pet Variations

Atomic: Pet Variations

Fredrik Ljungkvist | Hans Hulbækmo | Håvard Wiik | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Magnus Broo

Odin

Rating: ★★★

When they formed in 2000, Norwegian/Swedish group Atomic, distanced themselves from the frosty ECM sound that dominated Scandinavian jazz at...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: March/2019

Review of Seth McFarlane: Music Is Better Than Words

Seth McFarlane: Music Is Better Than Words

Alan Broadbent | Andy Martin | Chuck Berghofer | Chuck Findlay | Joel McNeely | Larry Koonse | Norah Jones | Pete Christlieb | Peter Erskine | Sara Bareilles

Universal Republic

Rating: ★★★

If you’re the producer of TV's Family Guy and now the director of a current feature film (Ted), presumably you...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

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