Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones Quartet/Quintet: Cherokee/Legendary Studio Sessions
In a parallel universe, if Usain Bolt had been cast as a saxophonist, he would have surely been Sonny Stitt...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018
Clark Tracey: Meantime…
Chris Maddock | Clark Tracey | Daniel Casimir | Harry Bolt | Henry Armburg Jennings
This quintet is one of the liveliest and most creative groups of young musicians that Clark Tracey has led. The...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2014
Madison Carter: Polymorphic
Flora Carbo | Imogen Cygler | Jessica Lindsay Smith | Massillon Carter | Niran Dasika
As I have previously flagged up in these pages, the Australian jazz scene (largely, but by no means totally, concentrated...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2024
Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 3
This begins with a lengthy bout of applause, entirely justified by what follows. It's not just Rollins' infernally catchy riff...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2014
Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble: A Trumpet in the Morning
Marty Ehrlich's arrangements for his disciplined, brass-heavy 15-piece ensembles remind me of the genre-crossing blends that the experimental big bands...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2014
Bobbie Gentry: The Windows of The World
Bobbie Gentry | uncredited musicians
What's the enigmatic creator of ‘Ode To Billie Joe’ and ‘Fancy’ doing in Jazzwise then? A good question, and one...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2021
Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable
Ethan Iverson | Kush Abadey | Rob Schwimmer | Simón Willson | Thomas Morgan | Vinnie Sperrazza
The pianist-composer Ethan Iverson, since parting company with The Bad Plus in 2017, has been maintaining a steady profile with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2024
Beats & Pieces Big Band: Ten
Beats & Pieces' director Ben Cottrell is a Manc indie-band singer trapped in a big-band jazz leader's body. Or is...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018
Smoke: Everything
This multi-racial Californian group’s choice of moniker pretty much nails their gang colours to the mast. Here’s a clue: they’re...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2018
Sam Anning: Earthen
Andrea Keller | Carl Mackey | Kyrie Anderson | Mat Jodrell | Sam Anning | Theo Carbo
As I have previously flagged up in these pages, the Australian jazz scene (largely, but by no means totally, concentrated...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2024
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