Cuong Vu 4-Tet: Change In The Air
Bill Frisell | Cuong Vu | Luke Bergman | Ted Poor
Cuong Vu has long been associated with ‘eout there’ directions in jazz, as he most recently demonstrated in 2016 with...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2018
Vincent Herring: Preaching To The Choir
One of the less-lionised among the Young Lions of the 1990s, Herring perhaps didn’t get the same publicity because he...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2021
Tom Hewson Trio: Treehouse
Calum Gourlay | Lewis Wright | Tom Hewson
Treehouse by the ex-Trinity Laban, E17 Jazz Collective pianist Tom Hewson is part of a new series by the long-established...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015
Rubén Blades: Tangos
Carlos Franzetti | Leopoldo Federico Orchestra | Rubén Blades
Panamanian multi-Grammy winner Rubén Blades is a restless polymath: an actor, singer, composer and poet who made his name on...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2014
Luis Perdomo: Spirits and Warriors
Alex Sipiagin | Billy Hart | Luis Perdomo | Mark Shim | Ugonna Okegwo
It's a sad state of affairs that when Perdomo tours Europe with his own trio he is unable to get...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2016
Claire Martin/Ray Gelato: We’ve Got A World That Swings
Claire Martin | Dave Newton | Dave Whitford | Ray Gelato | Sebastian De Krom | Sebastian de Krom
Dedicated to the memory of Mark Murphy, this 13-track collection of swing, R&B and jazz standards from Martin and Gelato...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016
James Taylor Quartet: People Get Ready
Andrew McKinney | James Taylor | Mark Cox | Natalie Williams | Noel McKoy | Pat Illingworth
All credit to Taylor for his ongoing musical odyssey. He and the Quartet will long be associated with those funk...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2020
Sam Crockatt Quartet: Mells Bells
James Maddren | Kit Downes | Oli Hayhurst | Sam Crockatt
Saxophonist Sam Crockatt has always been the LOOP Collective member’s most natural post- bop traditionalist. But there’s no lack of...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016
Tim Ries: Life Changes
Ries is best known for his decades on sax and keys for the Stones from which two impressive recordings came,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019
Ruby Rushton: Ironside
Aidan Shepherd | Ed Cawthorne | Nick Walters | Tim Carnegie
Better known as Tenderlonius, Ed Cawthorne reversed traditional steps to loving jazz, retracing the path of hip-hop and house records...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2019
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