Various Artists: Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49
Along with the Dial label, Savoy was the small independent that best documented the first flowering of bebop – Charlie...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2017
Gabriele Mitelli/Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter
Gabriele Mitelli | Rob Mazurek
“That telescope was christened the Star-Splitter/Because it didn't do a thing but split/A star in two or three the way...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2019
Jimmy Giuffre 3: 7 Pieces
Buddy Clark | Jim Hall | Jimmy Giuffre | Red Mitchell
In retrospect, Giuffre’s image was always quite diffuse. From his early reputation as an arranger (and author of Woody Herman’s...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022
Sara Gazarek: Thirsty Ghost
Alex Boneham | Christian Euman | Josh Johnson | Sara Gazarek | Stu Mindeman
Gazarek's first self-produced album, Thirsty Ghost, is also the most personal of her career to date. Featuring songs selected over...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Neil Cowley Trio: Spacebound Apes
Evan Jenkin | Leo Abrahams | Neil Cowley | Rex Horan
All credit to Cowley for producing an album that works on many levels: you can buy into the concept –...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2016
Andrea Motis: Emotional Dance
Andrea Motis | Esteve Pi | Ignasi Terraza | Joan Chamorro | Joel Frahm | Josep Traver
Aged just 21, the Barcelona-based trumpeter, singer and composer Andrea Motis is no stranger to the recording process, having already...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2017
Vic Parker: At The Quebec Hotel
Chris Hodgkins | Jed Williams | Vic Parker
As Val Wilmer's fascinating note makes clear, Parker was ‘a Cardiff legend’, locally born but of West Indian stock and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022
Dave Stryker: As We Are
Following his well received Baker’s Dozen, the mellifluous guitar man strikes out (someone had to say it) in a new...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2022
Gabriel Garrick Quintet: Sunlight
Chris Nickolls | Gabriel Garrick | Matt Ridley | Sam Walker | William Bartlett
Gabriel, son of the late Mike, stakes a claim to be his own man with this new quintet album (it’s...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2013
The Harvey O’Higgins Project: That’s the Way to Live!
Dave O’Higgins | Graham Harvey | Jeremy Brown | Josh Morrison
All is well with the world. Dave O’Higgins is back and swinging in partnership with old pals. Pandemics may come...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021
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