Dave Stryker: Baker's Circle
David Stryker | Jared Gold | Mayra Casales | Mclenty Hunter | Walter Smith III
Stryker's clean lines and mastery of the groove fitted perfectly with his long-time boss Stanley Turrentine's soulful sax. So it's...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2021
Various Artists: Jazz from America on Disques Vogue
This wide-ranging curio goes back to the early days of microgroove, via a famous French label (though most of the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016
Meraki
Jacky Naylor | Jonathan Silk | Nick Jurd
Meraki are a new trio formed in Birmingham and led by pianist Jacky Naylor (winner of the prestigious Dankworth Prize...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: August/2020
Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll
Andrea Michelutti | Bruce Barth | Dave Santora | Jerry Bergonzi | Phil Grenadier
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
Mike Nock: Ondas
Eddie Gomez | Jon Christensen | Mike Nock
Pianist Mike Nock, born in New Zealand but now a long established pillar of the Australian jazz scene, had a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2019
Lovey's Original Trinidad String Band: Encore “Lovey”! The Historic Trinidad String Band Recordings 1912 and 1914
George Robertson Lovelace Baillie | various personnel
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
Simon Purcell: Red Circle
Chris Batchelor | Gene Calderazzo | Julian Siegel | Liane Carroll | Simon Purcell | Steve Watts
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
Rabih Abou-Khalil: Hungry People
Gavino Murgia | Jarrod Cagwin | Luciano Biondini | Michel Godard | Rabih Abou-Khalil
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
Thurston Moore & Frank Rosaly: Marshmallow Moon Decorum
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
Hadda Brooks: Out of the Blue: The Singles and Albums Collection 1945-53
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
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