Review of Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll

Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll

Andrea Michelutti | Bruce Barth | Dave Santora | Jerry Bergonzi | Phil Grenadier

Savant SCD

Rating: ★★★★

Back in the day, virtually every tenor player had such a distinctive sound, you knew immediately who it was. Times...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2015

Review of Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band: Encore “Lovey”! The Historic Trinidad String Band Recordings 1912 and 1914

Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band: Encore “Lovey”! The Historic Trinidad String Band Recordings 1912 and 1914

George Robertson Lovelace Baillie | various personnel

Richard Weize Archives

Rating: ★★★★★

This is historic music in every sense of the term. These priceless recordings take us back to the dawn of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023

Review of Simon Purcell: Red Circle

Simon Purcell: Red Circle

Chris Batchelor | Gene Calderazzo | Julian Siegel | Liane Carroll | Simon Purcell | Steve Watts

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Seriously, when you've been involved in making and teaching music for as long as Simon Purcell, can you really call...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Rabih Abou-Khalil: Hungry People

Rabih Abou-Khalil: Hungry People

Gavino Murgia | Jarrod Cagwin | Luciano Biondini | Michel Godard | Rabih Abou-Khalil

World Village

Rating: ★★★

The Paris-based Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil has enjoyed a long career with Enja Records, where his mastery of this...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2012

Review of Thurston Moore & Frank Rosaly: Marshmallow Moon Decorum

Thurston Moore & Frank Rosaly: Marshmallow Moon Decorum

Frank Rosaly | Thurston Moore

Corbett vs. Dempsey CvsD

Rating: ★★

A little bit of fame sure can get you a long way. As guitarist and frontman of Sonic Youth, Thurston...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2016

Review of Hadda Brooks: Out of the Blue: The Singles and Albums Collection 1945-53

Hadda Brooks: Out of the Blue: The Singles and Albums Collection 1945-53

Abie Baker | Al Wichard | Basie Day | Bill Davis | Bill Jones | Eddie Barefield | Fred Williams | Grachan Moncur | Hadda Brooks | Howard Biggs

Acrobat 3405

Rating: ★★★★

In the late 1940s, Hadda Brooks made a name for herself via the Modern record label in Los Angeles, founded...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2022

Review of Jesse Bannister: Play Out

Jesse Bannister: Play Out

Jesse Bannister | Kenny Higgins | Seb Rochford | Zoe Rahman

Groove India

Rating: ★★★

Jesse Bannister first came to notice with the Leeds-based South Asian/world music band Samay, who released their first album, Songs...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2014

Review of Grégory Privat Trio: Family Tree

Grégory Privat Trio: Family Tree

Grégory Privat | Linley Marthe | Tilo Bertholo

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

Privat says something on this, his ACT debut, and by the end, you're left wanting more. Potentially, he appears as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Andy Jaffe Nonet + 4: Arc

Andy Jaffe Nonet + 4: Arc

Andy Jaffe | Bruce Williamson | Jimmy Greene | John Clark | Jonathan Barber | Kris Allen | Marty Jaffe | The Interestring Quartet | Tom Olin | Wallace Roney

Playscape

Rating: ★★★

The rhythmic and textural flavours of Jaffe's brass, strings and rhythm project range from the gentle waltz of the opening...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2016

Review of Sonny Rollins: Rollins In Holland

Sonny Rollins: Rollins In Holland

Han Bennink | Ruud Jacobs | Sonny Rollins

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

The colossus has been forced to hang up his horn, but there could be not better way to celebrate his...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2020

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