ArtPepper: Four Classic Albums: Second Set
Want to buy a present for the alto saxophonist in your life? You could do no better than this, the...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2019
Mike Monford: The Cloth I’m Cut From
Monford’s 2012 debut was titled Perseverence – and fittingly so. Armed with a three-point remit - intention, application, community -...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2024
Kenny Burrell Septet: Blue Lights
We wrote recently here about Burrell's current form. A veteran now and largely subsumed into jazz education, he can certainly...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016
Miguel Gorodi Nonet: Apophenia
The young Spanish-born trumpeter Miguel Gorodi is a fairly recent ex-Guildhall graduate whose initial efforts have sent him mostly in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019
Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse
The Bahraini-born trumpeter and flugelhornist Yazz Ahmed has real rock credentials playing with Radiohead, These New Puritans and Joan as...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017
Snowboy & The Latin Section: New York Afternoon
Three decades into his career and Snowboy has lent his inimitable skills on the skins to everyone from Airto Moreira...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2016
Snazzback: Ruins Everything
Having steadily grown from a busy busking collective into an even busier live band, the pandemic hit Bristol septet Snazzback...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2023
Oscar Peterson: The Early Years, 1945-50
These early trio and duo recordings pinpoint Peterson's transition from local hero to potential jazz super star. Born in Montreal,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2021
Jimmy Giuffre: Three Classic Albums Plus (Second Set)
The original recordings were not too bad, but it's a shame that this set with the bass over-boosted and rather...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2019
Beats & Pieces Big Band: Ten
Beats & Pieces' director Ben Cottrell is a Manc indie-band singer trapped in a big-band jazz leader's body. Or is...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018
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