Review of Jameszoo with Metropole Orkest: Melkweg

Jameszoo with Metropole Orkest: Melkweg

Frank Wienk | Jameszoo | John Dikeman | Jules Buckley | Metropole Orkest | Niels Broos | Richard Spaven

Brainfeeder (CD)

Rating: ★★★

“Naïve computer jazz” is how Mitchel van Dinther, aka Jameszoo, describes his music, and indeed his 2016 debut Fool, on...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2019

Review of Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice

Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice

Calvin Turner | Danny Sadownick | featuring The Dirty Dozen Horns | Jon Cleary | Nigel Hall | Shane Theriot | Terence Higgins

FHQ

Rating: ★★★

A long time part of Bonnie Raitt's band, and a fine contributor to Rickie Lee Jones’ current and superb album,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015

Review of Andy Laverne: Faith

Andy Laverne: Faith

Alex Sipiagin | Andy Laverne | Jason Tiemann | Mike Richmond

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

Pianist-composer Laverne's main claim to fame seems to have been a lengthy spell (along with friend and bassist Mike Richmond)...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2018

Review of Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live

Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live

Alan Wakeman | Andy Dore | Billy Bottle | Coach York | Dave Holdsworth | Gary Bayley | Ian Wellens | Jesse Molins | Joe Carnell | Kate Westbrook

ASCD

Rating: ★★★★

It shouldn’t be allowed. At an age when they should be revelling in their Freedom Passes, the Westbrooks refuse to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Review of Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly: Codes/Myths

Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly: Codes/Myths

Dave Rempis | Frank Rosaly

Aerophonic

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Frank Rosaly both came up on the Chicago jazz and improvised music scene and have...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Review of Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbæk: Staying In Touch

Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbæk: Staying In Touch

Andrea Gyarfas Brahe | Deanna Said | Jesper Riis | Karen Johanne Pedersen | Live Johansson | Sinne Eeg | Thomas Fonnesbæk

Editor's Choice

Stunt STUCD

Rating: ★★★★

To my shame, I have to admit that this is my first encounter with Danish singer Sinne Eeg. Where her...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022

Review of Anaïs Reno: At PizzaExpress Live - In London

Anaïs Reno: At PizzaExpress Live - In London

Anaïs Reno | Dave Green | Josh Morrison | Pete Malinverni

Editor's Choice

PX Records

Rating: ★★★★

As anyone who heard Swiss-born, NYC-based vocalist Anaïs Reno’s debut album, Lovesome Thing, will know, her musicality at the age...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2024

Review of John Etheridge: Blue Spirits: Live

John Etheridge: Blue Spirits: Live

George Double | John Etheridge | Pete Whittaker

Dyad Records

Rating: ★★★

Etheridge is the golden thread running through so many projects of the last 50 years that it’s all too easy...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2024

Review of Martin Speake: Intention

Martin Speake: Intention

Ethan Iverson | Fred Thomas | James Maddren | Martin Speake

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

I first came across the long-honed empathy of London alto saxophonist Martin Speake and the American pianist/composer Ethan Iverson in...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2018

Review of Jim Howard: Forever Between

Jim Howard: Forever Between

Ant Romero | Attab Haddad | Jim Howard | Richard Bolton | Thad Kelly

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

After a jazz education at the Guildhall School of Music in 1990, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Jim Howard returned to his...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2021

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