Review of Terence Blanchard & The E-Collective: Breathless

Terence Blanchard & The E-Collective: Breathless

Charles Altura | Donald Ramsey | Fabian Almazan | JRei Oliver | Oscar Seaton | PJ Morton | Terence Blanchard

Blue Note

Rating: ★★

The same group gave a somewhat underwhelming performance at last year's Tampere Jazz Happening and though this recording is a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2015

Review of Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Childs' last new release, 2017's Rebirth, was greeted with considerable pleasure in Jazzwise 218 and with nothing less than a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Review of Patrick Cornelius: While We're Still Young

Patrick Cornelius: While We're Still Young

Gerald Clayton | Jason Palmer | John Ellis | Kendrick Scott | Miles Ozaki | Nick Vayenas | Patrick Cornelius | Peter Slavov

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

US alto-saxophonist Cornelius is a semi-regular visitor to Britain, often at the behest of bassist Mike Janisch and it’s on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2016

Review of Various Artists: This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975

Various Artists: This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975

Bob Thiele | Caesar | Esther Marrow | Gil Scott-Heron | Leon Thomas | Lonnie Liston Smith | Oliver Nelson | Ornette Coleman | Steve Allen

Editor's Choice

BGP

Rating: ★★★★

BGP, one of the foremost curators of classic independent black music, has issued many titles on the pioneering Flying Dutchman...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023

Review of Immanuel Wilkins: The 7th Hand

Immanuel Wilkins: The 7th Hand

Adrian Somerville Jr. | Agyei Keita Edwards | Daryl Johns | Elena Pinderhughes | Immanuel Wilkins | Jamal Dickerson | Kweku Sumbry | Micah Thomas | Yao Akoto

Editor's Choice

Blue Note 602438327508

Rating: ★★★★

Following the buzz around his debut Omega released in 2020 on Blue Note, the 24-year-old Philadelphia born-and-raised alto saxophonist-composer Immanuel...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022

Review of Various Artists: Liberation Music

Various Artists: Liberation Music

Angela Davis | Bob Thiele Emergency | Chico Hamilton | Gil Scott-Heron | Horace Tapscott Quintet | Leon Thomas | Lonnie Liston Smith | Oliver Nelson

Rating: ★★★★

The latest installment in BGP’s Flying Dutchman reissue programme is a compilation that shines a spotlight on the politically charged...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013

Review of Diego Pinera: Odd Wisdom

Diego Pinera: Odd Wisdom

Ben Monder | Diego Pinera | Donny McCaslin | Scott Colley

ACT

Rating: ★★

Berlin-based drummer Diego Pinera, who hails from Montevideo, Uruguay, says he studied music in places where it came from –...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2021

Review of Kristian Borring: Nausicaa

Kristian Borring: Nausicaa

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Spencer Brown | Will Vinson

Ultra Sound Records

Rating: ★★★

This young London-based, Danish guitarist-composer attended the Amsterdam Consevatorium, then studied at the Guildhall and has been a sideman for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

Review of Francesco Cataldo: Spaces

Francesco Cataldo: Spaces

Clarence Penn | David Binney | Erik Friedlander | Francesco Cataldo | Salvatore Bonafede | Scott Colley

Alfa Music

Rating: ★★★

Francesco Cataldo was born in Sicily. He is a musician of great sensitivity and, as a prolific composer his work...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2013

Review of Tubby Hayes and the Downbeat Big Band: Blues at the Manor 1959-1960

Tubby Hayes and the Downbeat Big Band: Blues at the Manor 1959-1960

Alan Branscombe | Jeff Clyne | Jimmy Deuchar | Johnny Scott | Keith Christie | Phil Seaman | Ronnie Scott | Terry Shannon | Tubby Hayes | Victor Feldman

Acrobat Music

Rating: ★★★★

The big band represents a continuing theme in Tubby Hayes discography. At the age of 20 he was recording as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015

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