Review of Joe McPhee & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: Bricktop

Joe McPhee & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: Bricktop

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Joe McPhee

Trost Records

Rating: ★★★★

The first thing you'll notice is his sound – Joe McPhee's muggy, sepulchral, oratorical tenor playing – made all the...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2017

Review of Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet: Spirit To All

Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet: Spirit To All

Joanna Duda | Marek Pospieszalski | Oskar Török | Qba Janicki | Wojtek Mazolewski

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Double bassist, composer and bandleader Wojtek Mazolewski is at the vanguard of the resurgence in Polish jazz; 2020’s When Angel’s...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022

Review of Larry Goldings: In My Room

Larry Goldings: In My Room

Jacob Collier

Qwest Records

Rating: ★★★★

Some albums change the world, some change your mind, and others stay close to your heart, like a love letter....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2016

Review of TG Collective: Release The Penguins

TG Collective: Release The Penguins

Holly Jones | Jamie Fekete | Percy Pursglove | Sam Slater | Tom Chapman

Palmetto Records

Rating: ★★★

This follow-up to their 2005 album Who Ate All The Tapas? sees the original Trio Gitano expanding into a collective...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012

Review of Daniel Rotem: Wise One: Celebrating The Music Of John Coltrane

Daniel Rotem: Wise One: Celebrating The Music Of John Coltrane

Billy Childs | Christian Euman | Daniel Rotem | Darek Oles

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

A youngish, Israeli-born saxist/educator based in Los Angeles, Rotem has already made several of his own albums, and co-led a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022

Review of Jessica Radcliffe: Remembrance

Jessica Radcliffe: Remembrance

Jessica Radcliffe | Joe Downard | Mark Lockheart | Sam James | Tom Dennis | Will Glaser

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

Jazz is all about being in the moment, but it’s all about the experiences you’ve had prior to being in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2019

Review of Coleman Hawkins/Clark Terry: Back In Bean's Bag

Coleman Hawkins/Clark Terry: Back In Bean's Bag

Art Davis | Chuck Israels | Clark Terry | Coleman Hawkins | Dave Bailey | Dick Hyman | Major Holley | Osie Johnson | Roy Haynes | Sonny Clark

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

To my knowledge this is the first time these two great artists recorded together. Fortunately, it proved to be a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2016

Review of Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda

Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda

Alex Garnett | James Maddren | Liam Noble | Michael Janisch | Tim Armacost

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

Our interview with highly regarded US tenor-saxophonist Tim Armacost (Jazzwise 185, August 2014) set the stage for this release, the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015

Review of Oran Etkin: What's New? Reimagining The Music of Benny Goodman

Oran Etkin: What's New? Reimagining The Music of Benny Goodman

Charenee Wade | Matt Wilson | Oran Etkin | Steve Nelson | Sullivan Fortner

Motéma

Rating: ★★

It was hard to hear much of the music on this CD owing to the much louder noise of Benny...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2015

Review of Pandelis Karayorgis Double Trio: Cliff Falls

Pandelis Karayorgis Double Trio: Cliff Falls

Drift

Rating: ★★★

Pianist Pandelis Karayorgis' previous studies of Monk are at the forefront of an unusual double trio format of Brooklyn-based musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

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