Buddy Tate: The Texas Tenor

Bo Stief | Buddy Tate | Doc Cheatham | Finn Ziegler | George Duvivier | Johnny Guarnieri | Oliver Jackson | Sven-Erik Nørregaard | Tate | Tete Montoliu

Both sessions date from a period when former Basie-ite Tate was often in Europe, playing clubs and festivals as a...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2014

Henry Spencer & Juncture: The Reasons Don't Change

Andrew Robb | David Ingamells | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson | Nick Costley-White | The Guastalla string quartet

The word is already out on Henry Spencer for those who've witnessed him live. I Winner of the Best Newcomer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Michel Petrucciani: Solo In Denmark

Michel Petrucciani

It hardly seems like 23 years since the demise of Petrucciani, since the uncommon bone-disease that destined him to a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2022

Various Artists: Jazzcraft Studio Recordings 1978-9

Mainly the 1979 reunion of Teddy Edwards and Howard McGhee – not as spectacular as their 1961 efforts – but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Jazz Proof

Twenty-five-year-old saxophonist and Partikel leader Duncan Eagles and guitarist Dan Redding are the central members of this young London-based quintet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2011

Teddi King: Four Classic Albums Plus

Fifty–four tracks by this somewhat mannered singer are enough to show why she is now eclipsed by those whose reputations...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Hope

Kevin Hays | Lionel Loueke

Established bandleaders and in-demand sidemen, pianist Hays and guitarist Loueke, make a formidable combination. They strike a good balance in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2019

Tone Åse/Thomas Strønen: Voxpheria

Thomas Strønen | Tone Åse

Scandinavian duo: male drummer and female singer. Reminiscent of the Swedish husband and wife act Wildbirds and Peacedrums, then? Yes,...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: September/2012

Tom Arthurs: Augmented Nature

Tom Arthurs

Tom Arthurs adopts the role of rural flâneur on this his first solo outing, the result of a 10-day trip...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: March/2019

Pablo Held Trio: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli

This 25-year-old German pianist is an original who patiently explores neo-impressionistic textures in his gently suspenseful trio set....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020