Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure
Thumbing through the achievements of Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra it's necessary to pinch yourself to make...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014
Dexter Gordon: Go! + A Swingin‘ Affair
Oh dear. This is the sort of set that presents a reviewer with a moral dilemma. Should he or she...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2019
Angel Bat Dawid: A Requiem For Jazz
Angel Bat Dawid was one of the highlights – along with Ben Lamar Gay – of Chicago label International Anthem's...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2023
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: All Can Work
Two Grammy-nominated releases – A Blessing in 2006 and Eternal Interlude in 2009 – is not bad going for a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018
Stan Getz: Getz At The Gate
John Neves | Roy Haynes | Stan Getz | Steve Kuhn
The discovery of an unissued live set, recorded 58 years ago by Verve at a venue it was using sporadically,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019
Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights (Vol. 3): Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968
Ahmad Jamal | Frank Gant | Jamil Nasser
In his long career, Ahmad Jamal liked to stretch out and play long versions of pieces, both familiar jazz standards...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Various Artists: Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre
Blue Note Records continues to play a savvy game with the UK market. After two editions of its Re:imagined series,...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: March/2023
Madwort Saxophone Quartet: Live at Hundred Years Gallery
Andrew Woolf | Cath Roberts | Chris Williams | Tom Ward
Saxophone quartets have a tendency to default towards an inert, generic power minimalism, generating music that is slave to the...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017
David Helbock Trio: Into the Mystic
David Helbock | Raphael Plreuschl | Reinhold Schmölzer
This is Austrian pianist David Helbock's debut on ACT records. He comes to the label with a reputation as one...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2016
Tullis Rennie & Cath Roberts: Blurts/Growls
Both blurts and growls can indeed be heard on this live duo date recorded at Cafe OTO's intimate Project Space...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2017
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