Angelika Niescier Trio: The Berlin Concert
Angelika Niescier | Chirstopher Tordini | Tyshawn Sorey
Some five decades after Rollins showed that the trio, as opposed to the quartet, can be one of the most...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018
Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira: Dark Lady Of The Sonnets
Min Xiao-Fen | Pheeroan akLaff | Wadada Leo Smith
Roughly speaking, there are two major poles in Wadada Leo Smith's discography: the large ensemble works and the small group...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2012
Maynard Ferguson: Chameleon/Conquistador/Hot
Bob James | Eric Gale | George Benson | Joe Farrell | Jon Faddis | Randy Brecker
Maynard Ferguson made his name with Stan Kenton in 1950, hitting high notes that only dogs could hear! Then from...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Allan Holdsworth: Flat Tire: Music For A Non-existent Movie
Allan Holdsworth | Dave Carpenter
Like Jack Bruce’s Fairlight release, or Gary Husband’s black box tour recordings, every artist has his shadowy solo corner where...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013
Bobby Shew: Live 1983
Trumpeter-clinician Shew was a familiar figure at one time, touring the UK regularly under the auspices of promoter Ernie Garside,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2015
Rohey: A Million Things
Gilles Peterson fans listen up: this is an impressive young gospel-infuenced, first album from Amy Winehouse-ish, Trondheim Jazzorkester singer Rohey...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017
Miles Davis: Four Classic Albums
The four classic albums referred to in this collection are Miles Davis & Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet, Miles Davis & The...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022
Ralph Bowen: Total Eclipse
Jared Gold | Mike Moreno | Ralph Bowen | Rudy Royston
This is the fourth album for Posi-Tone by one of the most technically gifted but strangely under-acclaimed saxophonists in jazz...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2012
Horace Silver: That Healing Feelin'/Total Response
To all intents and purposes, this is Señor Blues at his most hippie dippy'd, delivering two albums under the banner...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2012
Oscar Pettiford: Six Classic Albums
A rather forgotten figure these days, Pettiford was an important link from the innovations of Jimmie Blanton to Mingus and...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2016
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