Review of Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists

Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists

Ashaine White | Dave Boa | Derek Daley | Fiona Ross | Gibbi Bettini | Loren Hignell | Marley Drummond | Nancy Richardson | Warren Woodcraft

Self-released/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

London-based singer and pianist Fiona Ross has a way with a hook and a voice whose sweetness belies its impressive...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2023

Review of Jamie Cullum: Pointless Nostalgic

Jamie Cullum: Pointless Nostalgic

Ben Castle | Dave O’Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Jamie Cullum | Martin Gladdish | Martin Shaw | Matt Wates | Sebastiaan de Krom

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

Reviewing Jamie Cullum’s debut album for Candid in the September 2002 edition of Jazzwise, I noted that his “mellifluous tone,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023

Review of Hiromi & Hiromi’s Sonicwonder: Sonicwonderland

Hiromi & Hiromi’s Sonicwonder: Sonicwonderland

Adam O’Farrill | Gene Coye | Hadrien Feraud | Hiromi | Oli Rockberger

Concord

Rating: ★★★

As Herbie Hancock showed on ‘Chameleon’, a synth can create deep, in the pocket grooves on the simplest of riffs....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2023

Review of Daniel Garcia Trio: Wonderland

Daniel Garcia Trio: Wonderland

Daniel Garcia | Gilad Hekselman | Lau Noah | Michael Olivera | Reinier ‘El Negron’ | Veronica Ferreiro

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★

For his third trio release on Munich’s ACT label, the promising young Spanish pianist-composer Daniel Garcia conjures up a winning...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2024

Review of Parlor Greens: In Green We Dream

Parlor Greens: In Green We Dream

Adam Scone | Jimmy James | Tim Carman

Colemine Records

Rating: ★★★★

Dig out those saddle shoes, you’re going dancing. It all started with a jam, like the best music always does,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2024

Review of Bert Myrick: Live'n Well

Bert Myrick: Live'n Well

Bert Myrick | George Bohannon | John Fields | Kenny Cox | Will Austin

Rating: ★★★★

Another fascinating slice of independent American jazz history which makes the point, if at all needed, that there are possibly...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018

Review of Larry Coryell: Barefoot Boy

Larry Coryell: Barefoot Boy

Harry Wilkinson | Larry Coryell | Lawrence Killian | Mervin Bronson | Michael Mandel | Roy Haynes | Steve Marcus

BGP Records

Rating: ★★★

It's intriguing to compare Barefoot Boy to Al Di Meola's debut of five years later, Land Of The Midnight Sun....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2014

Review of Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Dave Weckl | David Mann | Ed Mann | Eric Marienthal | Gary Novak | Jean-Luc Ponty | Jeff Lorber | Jimmy Haslip | Larry Kroonse | Lenny Castro

Heads Up

Rating: ★★

Apparently, Lorber's squillionth release was inspired by house music and indeed takes its title from Tony Wilson's Manc club of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension: Now Here This

John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension: Now Here This

Etienne M'Bappé | Gary Husband | John McLaughlin | Ranjit Barot

Abstract Logix

Rating: ★★★★

Let's get the pointless but understandable Mahavishnu comparisons out of the way. McLaughlin plays with an energy – nay vehemence...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012

Review of Fred Hersch: Songs From Home

Fred Hersch: Songs From Home

Fred Hersch

Palmetto Records

Rating: ★★★★

This record truly reflects the uncertain times we live in – a global pandemic enacted against the backdrop of political...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021

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