Review of Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett

Bill Goodwin | Gary Burton | Keith Jarrett | Sam Browne | Steve Swallow

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★★

When this album was released on 22 February 1971 it had ‘instant classic’ written all over it. Widely influential at...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Keith Oxman: Two Cigarettes in the Dark

Keith Oxman: Two Cigarettes in the Dark

Annette Murrell | Houston Person | Jeff Jenkins | Keith Oxman | Ken Walker | Paul Romaine

Capri Records

Rating: ★★

The original ‘Two Cigarettes in the Dark’ was a 1934 Bing Crosby hit that sugar-coated romantic deceit with sweetly voiced...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2020

Review of Tierney Sutton: Paris Sessions

Tierney Sutton: Paris Sessions

Kevin Axt | Serge Merlaud | Tierney Sutton

BFM

Rating: ★★★★

If you consider what are the desiderata of a great vocal jazz recording, the list would certainly include great, heartfelt...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Enrico Pieranunzi: Stories

Enrico Pieranunzi: Stories

Antonio Sanchez | Enrico Pieranunzi | Scott Colley

CAM Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Cam Jazz only recently reissued the splendid double-CD Play Morricone set by Enrico Pieranunzi with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2014

Review of Tim Warfield: Spherical – Dedicated to Thelonious Sphere Monk

Tim Warfield: Spherical – Dedicated to Thelonious Sphere Monk

Ben Wolfe | Clarence Penn | Eddie Henderson | Orrin Evans | Tim Warfield

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

God, not another Monk covers album, that's the natural reaction! But it turns out to be the best anyone's made...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2015

Review of Ray Russell: Fluid Architecture

Ray Russell: Fluid Architecture

Chris Biscoe | George Baldwin | Mo Foster | Nic France | Ralph Salmins | Ray Russell | Simon Phillips

Cunieform

Rating: ★★★

Russell has a seven-year itch when it comes to solo recordings. Fluid Architecture follows 2013's excellent Now More Than Ever...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/2020

Review of Viktoria Tolstoy: Meet Me At The Movies

Viktoria Tolstoy: Meet Me At The Movies

Iiro Rantala | Krister Jonsson | Mattias Svensson | Nils Landgren | Rasmus Kihlberg | Viktoria Tolstoy

ACT

Rating: ★★★

A massive film fan all her life, Meet Me At The Movies sees Swedish vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy exploring some of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2017

Review of Mose Allison: Transfi guration of Hiram Brown/Creek Bank/I Love The Life I Live/V-8 Ford Blues/Young Man Mose

Mose Allison: Transfi guration of Hiram Brown/Creek Bank/I Love The Life I Live/V-8 Ford Blues/Young Man Mose

Aaron Bell | Addison Farmer | Bill Crow | Gus Johnson | Henry Grimes | Jerry Segal | Mose Allison | Nick Stabulas | Osie Johnson | Paul Motian

Avid Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★

This twofer from the Mississippiborn pianist, trumpeter, vocalist, composer and NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison, follows the 3CD Complete Prestige...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2015

Review of King Crimson: Live In Toronto

King Crimson: Live In Toronto

Bill Rieflin | Gavin Harrison | Jakko Jakszyk | Mel Collins | Pat Mastelotto | Robert Fripp | Tony Levin

DGM

Rating: ★★★

Not strictly speaking a public release in that it’s an ‘official bootleg’ from the King Crimson Club (like the Reader’s...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Review of Charles Mingus: Mingus Moods

Charles Mingus: Mingus Moods

Benny Golson | Bill Evans | Bill Triglia | Booker Ervin | Britt Woodman | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Clarence Shaw | Dannie Richmond | Don Ellis

Proper

Rating: ★★★★

A welcome follow-up to Proper's The Young Rebel box, which I compiled, covering the first decade of Mingus's career, but...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

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