Review of Boyd Lee Dunlop: The Lake Reflections

Boyd Lee Dunlop: The Lake Reflections

Boyd Lee Dunlop

Mr. B Sharp

Rating: ★

The pianist made his debut trio album (Boyd's Blues) at age 85 and was featured in December 2011 in the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2013

Review of Heidi Martin: Gifts & Sacrifices

Heidi Martin: Gifts & Sacrifices

Eric Harland | Heidi Martin | Josh Evans | Paige Brown | Paul Bollenback | Raymond Angry | Taurus Mateen | Tim Warfield

Self-release

Rating: ★★

Martin is from Washington and started out in local clubs, receiving encouragement from drummer/vocalist Grady Tate among others. Now in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022

Review of Dinah Washington: The Swingin’ Miss D

Dinah Washington: The Swingin’ Miss D

Barry Galbraith | Cecil Payne | Charlie Shavers | Clark Terry | Dinah Washington | Don Elliott | Jimmy Cleveland | Lucky Thompson | Nick Travis | Paul Quinichette

Editor's Choice

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

It’s no surprise that the combination of Washington and Jones seemed a good idea at the time, or that this...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022

Review of Jo Berger Myhre: Unheimlich Manoeuvre

Jo Berger Myhre: Unheimlich Manoeuvre

Jana Anisimova | Jo Berger Myrhe | Jo David Lysne | Kaven Mahmudiyan | Morten Qvenild | Olatur Bjorn Olaffson | Vivian Wang

RareNoiseRecords RN0131

Rating: ★★★

Pour a sloe gin slowly as you savour your slow-cooked supper, because you are about to enter the oh so...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2022

Review of Fela Ransome Kuti & His Highlife Rakers: Fela's First – The Complete 1959 Melodise Session

Fela Ransome Kuti & His Highlife Rakers: Fela's First – The Complete 1959 Melodise Session

Fela Ransome Kuti | JK Braimah | Wolo Bucknor

Cadillac

Rating: ★★★★

A totally fascinating document on a number of accounts. This debut by one of the most significant musicians of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2020

Review of Guillermo Klein: Los Guachos V

Guillermo Klein: Los Guachos V

Ben Monder | Bill McHenry | Chris Cheek | Diego Urcola | Fernando Hiergo | Guillermo Klein | Jeff Ballard | Miguel Zenon | Richard Nany | Sandro Tomasi

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

The pianist Guillermo Klein and many of his peers on this new recording hail from the New York and Boston...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Review of Barbacana

Barbacana

James Allsopp | Kit Downes | Sylvain Darrifourcq

Babel

Rating: ★★★

Has anyone ever figured out why Canterbury-scene groups such as Soft Machine, Gong and National Health were so popular in...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2013

Review of David Virelles: Nuna

David Virelles: Nuna

David Virelles | Julio Barreto

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Cuban-American pianist David Virelles has been one of the most original figures in contemporary improvised music since debuting as a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2022

Review of Bill Evans: New Jazz Conceptions

Bill Evans: New Jazz Conceptions

Bill Evans | Camille Morin | Dick Garcia | Eddie Costa | Jerry Bruno | Joe Puma | Oscar Pettiford | Paul Motian | Teddy Kotick

Poll Winners

Rating: ★★★★

I know they say pop will eat itself (and probably has by now, while I wasn't looking) but it seems...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2018

Review of Ella Fitzgerald: Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald | Paul Weston

Verve

Rating: ★★★

Most live Ella, at least after her big-band days, found her in front of a trio or quartet, with the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2022

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