Review of Tierney Sutton: After Blue

Tierney Sutton: After Blue

Hubert Laws | Larry Goldings | Peter Erskine | Tierney Sutton | Turtle Island Quartet

Editor's Choice

BFM Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Grammy nominated in the ‘Best Jazz Vocal Album’ category, After Blue presents one of the finest homages to Joni Mitchell's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2014

Review of Cootie Williams: Concerto For Cootie – Selected Recordings 1928-1962

Cootie Williams: Concerto For Cootie – Selected Recordings 1928-1962

Barney Bigard | Benny Goodman | Charlie Shavers | Coleman Hawkins | Cootie and Rex | Cootie Williams | Dinah Washington | Duke Ellington | Eddie Mack | Jimmy Johnson

Editor's Choice

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Acrobat’s sumptuous 4-CD collection devoted to trumpeter and star Ellingtonian, Cootie Williams (1911-1985), states: “Features performances with Duke Ellington, Benny...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Review of Torsten Goods: Love Comes To Town

Torsten Goods: Love Comes To Town

Christian von Kaphengst | Jan Miserre | Torsten Goods | Wolfgang Haffner

ACT

Rating: ★★★

This third release on ACT sees a welcome return to the recording studio for guitar ace and singer Torsten Goods....

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2013

Review of Transatlantic Five: Transitions

Transatlantic Five: Transitions

Christian Raymond | Christopher Dell | Ken Vandermark | Klaus Kugel | Nate Wooley

Nemu

Rating: ★★★

As the name suggests, this new quintet convenes seasoned avant-gardists from America (Wooley and Vandermark) and Europe (Dell, Raymond and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2023

Review of Ergo: If Not Inertia

Ergo: If Not Inertia

Brett Sroka | Mary Halvorson | Sam Harris | Sebastian Kruger | Shawn Baltazor

Cuneiform Rune

Rating: ★★★★

Trombonist Brett Sroka may be an Ellington freak but he is also a film composer and a member of psych...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2012

Review of Maraton

Maraton

Christian Haase | Jonathan Ludvigsen | Lasse Sonne | Maria Dybbroe

Barefoot Records

Rating: ★★

At this stage, it’s difficult to pinpoint who was the first person to propose the idea of music conceived as...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Review of Philip Dizack: The End of an Era

Philip Dizack: The End of an Era

Aaron Parks | Brooke Quiggins Saulnier | Jake Saslow | Joe Sanders | Justin Brown | Kendrick Scott | Linda Oh | Maria Jeffers | Matt Aronoff | Nora Krohn

Truth Revolution Records

Rating: ★★★

New generation trumpeter Philip Dizack's second album is a heartfelt probe into the melancholy of personal loss and rage in...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Tony-Joe Bucklash

Tony-Joe Bucklash

Dominic Lash | Joe Morris | Tony Bevan | Tony Buck

Foghorn

Rating: ★★★★

It's tempting (and not entirely inaccurate) to call Tony-Joe Bucklash a transcontinental supergroup of 21st century avant garde music. Brits...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012

Review of Kemuel Roig: Genesis

Kemuel Roig: Genesis

Alain Perez | Bayron Ramos | Chris Potter | Ed Calle | Gerardo Rodrgieuz | Hilario Bell | Joel Hernandez | Julio Padron | Kemuel Roig | Lowell Rongel

Life In Music

Rating: ★★★★

For this fifth album, and his first jazz recording as a leader, Miami-based Cuban pianist and composer Kemuel Roig casts...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020

Review of Phronesis: The Behemoth

Phronesis: The Behemoth

Anton Eger | Frankfurt Radio Big Band | Ivo Neame | Jaspar Høiby | Julian Argüelles

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

After a decade faithful to their beloved and classic trio format, Phronesis find themselves borne aloft upon the giant sound...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017

Follow us

Jazzwise Print

  • Latest print issues

From £5.83 / month

Subscribe

Jazzwise Digital Club

  • Latest digital issues
  • Digital archive since 1997
  • Download tracks from bonus compilation albums during the year
  • Reviews Database access

From £7.42 / month

Subscribe

Subscribe from only £5.83

Never miss an issue of the UK's biggest selling jazz magazine.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Jazzwise magazine.

Find out more