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

Review of Yellowjackets: Parallel Motion

Yellowjackets: Parallel Motion

Bob Mintzer | Dane Alderson | Jean Baylor | Russel Ferrante | uncredited | Will Kennedy

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Enjoyable as the last two ‘Jackets albums have been - the vocals-rich Raising Our Voice, and the orchestral partnership with...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022

Review of Colin Webster/Andrew Lisle/Otto Willberg: Static Garbled Dreams

Colin Webster/Andrew Lisle/Otto Willberg: Static Garbled Dreams

Andrew Lisle | Colin Webster | Otto Willberg

Raw Tonk

Rating: ★★★

Though Webster has worked separately with both Lisle and Willberg before, it comes as something of a surprise to learn...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Sarah Vaughan: The Complete Columbia Singles As & Bs 1949-53

Sarah Vaughan: The Complete Columbia Singles As & Bs 1949-53

Bennie Green | Jimmy Jones | Miles Davis | Sarah Vaughan

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Released in 2018, Acrobat’s impressive 2CD anthology Sarah Vaughan – The Early Years 1944-48 brought together 49 tracks which Vaughan...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2020

Review of Amanda Whiting: The Liminality of Her

Amanda Whiting: The Liminality of Her

Aidan Thorne | Amanda Whiting | Chip Wickham | Jon Reynolds | Mark O’Connor | PEACH.

First Word

Rating: ★★★

The Liminality ofHer is the third album by increasingly prolific Welsh harpist Amanda Whiting, following on from her Jazzman Records...

Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: April/2024

Review of Frank Morgan & George Cables: Montreal Memories

Frank Morgan & George Cables: Montreal Memories

Frank Morgan | George Cables

HighNote

Rating: ★★★

Frank Morgan’s discography opens in 1953 with a Prestige date for Teddy Charles. Two years later, hailed as the new...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2019

Review of Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine + Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI: The Last Call

Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine + Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI: The Last Call

Larry Coryell

ACT

Rating: ★★★

The easy headline with The Last Call is that this is Coryell's last concert recording; within weeks he was dead....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Review of Tubby Hayes: Hip! The Untold Story of Tubby Hayes 1965

Tubby Hayes: Hip! The Untold Story of Tubby Hayes 1965

Alfie Reece | Art Ellefson | Benny Goodman | Bob Burns | Bobby Wellins | Derek Healey | Freddie Logan | Gib Wallace | Greg Bowen | Ian Hamer

Editor's Choice

Rhythm And Blues Records RANDB080

Rating: ★★★★

R&B Records has a habit of delving into the dark recesses of long-gone jazz radio and they’ve done it again...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022

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