Review of Steph Richards: Take The Neon Lights

Steph Richards: Take The Neon Lights

Andrew Munsey | James Carney | Sam Minaie | Steph Richards

Birdwatcher

Rating: ★★★★

Steph Richards is a young Brooklyn-based, Canadian trumpeter-composer whose already found her niche working under titans of experimental music such...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019

Review of Dominic J Marshall Trio: Spirit Speech

Dominic J Marshall Trio: Spirit Speech

Dominic J Marshall | Jamie Peet | Tobias Nijboer

Origin Records Origin

Rating: ★★★★

A relatively new face on the UK scene, the 25-year-old Amsterdam-based Scottish pianist-composer had lessons from his father in classical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Review of Karin Krog and Georgie Fame: On A Misty Night

Karin Krog and Georgie Fame: On A Misty Night

Georgie Fame | Husby Orchestra | Karin Krog

Odin

Rating: ★★★★

We have the great Karin Krog to thank for this exceptional collection of Tadd Dameron songs seeing the light of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2019

Review of The Jihad: Black and Beautiful… Soul and Madness

The Jihad: Black and Beautiful… Soul and Madness

Aireen Eternal | Bobby Lyle | Freddie Johnson | Gilbert Monk | Leonard Cathcart | LeRoi Jones | Russell Lyle | Yusef Iman

Jihad Productions 1968

Amiri Baraka, who died in January, came to prominence in the early 1960s as a poet with links to the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2014

Review of Alphonse Mouzon: By All Means

Alphonse Mouzon: By All Means

Alphonse Mouzon | Freddie Hubbard | Herbie Hancock | Jerry Hey | Kim Hutchcroft | Larry Williams | Lee Ritenour | Paul Jackson Jr | Scott Edwards | Seawind Horns

MPS

Rating: ★★★

If you want to wind up Billy Cobham (go on, I dare yah!), just mention disco drumming, and how it...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022

Review of James Spaulding: Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington

James Spaulding: Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington

Avery Brooks | Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | James Spaulding | Mtume | Sam Jones | Steve Nelson

Storyville

Rating: ★★

This was the Indianapolis-born Spaulding's debut album as a leader although he had already gained praise as a sideman with...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2013

Review of Kokoroko: Could We Be More

Kokoroko: Could We Be More

Ayo Salawu | Cassie Kinoshi | Duane Atherley | Onome Edgeworth | Richie Seivwright | Sheila Maurice-Grey | Tobi Adenaike-Johnson | Yohan Kebede

Editor's Choice

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★★

Becoming a household (jazz) name before you’ve even released a debut album is no mean feat - but by virtue...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2022

Review of Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love

Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love

David Piltch | Dean Parks | Jay Bellerose | Kevin Hays | Larry Goldings | Lee Thornburg | Madeleine Peyroux | Matt Penman | Scott Amendola

Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

First issued back in 2004 on Rounder, Peyroux’s second album Careless Love was an instant, and massive, international hit. And...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2021

Review of Joe Stilgoe: New Songs for Old Souls

Joe Stilgoe: New Songs for Old Souls

Ben Reynolds | Billy Adamson | Joe Stilgoe | Tom Farmer

Linn Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the hands of a lesser artist, New Songs for Old Souls could well have ended up being a brilliantly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2015

Review of Sonny Rollins & Co: Complete 1962 Sessions

Sonny Rollins & Co: Complete 1962 Sessions

Ben Riley | Bob Cranshaw | Harry Saunders | Jim Hall | Jimmy Jones | Sonny Rollins

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

The November 1961-July 1962 partnership of Rollins with Jim Hall is celebrated with its complete recorded output, consisting of The...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013

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