Pavillon: Strong Tea
Jim Rattigan, who leads the A-list cast of experienced Brit-based jazzers that make up Pavillon, was a former principal French...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017
Louis Lester Band: Dancing on the Edge
Composer Adrian Johnston's music for the Louis Lester Band, the fictional 1930s black British jazz band whose story was told...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: April/2013
Lukasz Pawlik: Long-Distance Connections
Originally self-released in Poland two years ago, Long-Distance Connections now gets an international release. Recorded across three continents - Pawlik’s...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2021
Mark Lockheart: Smiling
Ubiquity is one of the major problems jaz.z musicians face in the UK once they achieve a degree of national...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2024
Josephine Davies & The Ensō Ensemble: The Celtic Wheel of the Year Suite
This is a landmark recording from Josephine Davies, writing for her biggest and most ambitious ensemble yet. It’s an eight-part...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2025
Bill Bruford: The Winterfold and Summerfold Years
This three-CD boxed set of numerous Bruford projects, well-presented with accompanying liner notes, highlights the frequently strong jazz bias of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025
Album Interview: Jacob Collier: In My Room
Having received accolades from the likes of Quincy Jones (‘absolutely mind-blowing’), Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, this debut...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016
The John Wright Trio: Nice ‘n’ Tasty
JC Heard | John Wright | Wendell Marshall
Two more beautifully-presented and splendid-sounding reissues from UK indie New Land, who, after the recent Mingus box set (see review...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2024
Johnny Hodges & Ben Webster: Complete 1954-61 Small Group Studio Sessions
For those who value the verities of pre-bebop jazz, this is a compilation of several Hodges albums that also included...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2016
Charlie Parker: The Charlie Parker Collection
‘We would emphasise that this does not purport to be a complete or definitive anthology [but] a reasonably comprehensive and...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021
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