Review of John Edwards/NO Moore/Eddie Prévost/Alan Wilkinson: EMPoWered

John Edwards/NO Moore/Eddie Prévost/Alan Wilkinson: EMPoWered

Alan Wilkinson | Eddie Prévost | John Edwards | NO Moore

577 Records

Rating: ★★★

Presented with an album of improvised music containing just two tracks – one 30 minutes long, the other 20 –...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2022

Review of Fred Frith: Storytelling: Live at Theater Gütersloh

Fred Frith: Storytelling: Live at Theater Gütersloh

Fred Frith | Lotte Anker | Sam D໨sler

Intuition

Rating: ★★★

This live recording is presented by the German Jazz Thing magazine as part of a series entitled ‘European Jazz Legends’...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Review of Wayne Krantz: Write Out Your Head

Wayne Krantz: Write Out Your Head

Chris Potter | Gabriella Anders | Keith Carlock | Orlando Fleming | Pino Palladino | Tim Lefebvre | Wayne Krantz | Will Lee

Self-release (CD)

Rating: ★★★

Krantz keeps the constant surprise going with a release which is at once more composed, in both mood and construction,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2020

Review of Atlantic Bridge

Atlantic Bridge

Daryl Runswick | Jim Philip | Mike McNaught | Mike Travis

Esoteric Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Long lusted after on the vinyl market, this is the first CD release of a re-mastered version of the original...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2018

Review of Kjetil Husebø: Years of Ambiguity

Kjetil Husebø: Years of Ambiguity

Arve Henriksen | Eivind Aarset | Kjetil Husebø

NXN Recordings

Rating: ★★★

This enigmatically-titled album opens with ‘Inhale’, an all-Norwegian collaboration between composer/producer Kjetil Husebø, guitarist Eivind Aarset and trumpeter Arve Henriksen....

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: August/2023

Review of Red Mitchell and Jim Hall: Rejoice!

Red Mitchell and Jim Hall: Rejoice!

Carl Perkins | Frank Butler | Frank Strazzeri | Jim Hall | Jimmy Bond | Red Kelly | Red Mitchell

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Here's yet another Fresh Sound package culled from the vaults, the fruits of three Pacific Jazz LP releases by the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2017

Review of Tubby Hayes Quartet: Grits, Beans and Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Sessions 1969

Tubby Hayes Quartet: Grits, Beans and Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Sessions 1969

Mick Pyne | Ron Matthewson | Spike Wells | Tubby Hayes

Fontana (LP/CD)

Rating: ★★★★

It's long been rumoured there was a Tubby Hayes quartet session recorded for the Fontana label sitting unreleased in Universal's...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019

Review of Mark Nightingale/Alistair White: The Sound of Jay & Kai

Mark Nightingale/Alistair White: The Sound of Jay & Kai

Alec Dankworth | Alistair White | Clark Tracey | Graham Harvey | Mark Nightingale

Woodville

Rating: ★★★

Two of our best contemporary trombone men in, inevitably, a tribute to the long-gone duo of JJ Johnson and Kai...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2014

Review of Miles Davis: Unissued Café Bohemia Broadcasts

Miles Davis: Unissued Café Bohemia Broadcasts

Allen Eager | Art Farmer | Bill Evans | Candido Camero | Chambers | Coltrane | Gerry Mulligan | Gigi Gryce | Jimmy Cleveland | Jimmy Cobb

Nederlands Jazz Archief

Rating: ★★★

Well, here’s a turn-up – 40 minutes of the first Miles quintet that is genuinely unissued. Recorded off-air but with...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013

Review of Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima

Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima

Aki Takase | Dag Magnus Narvesen | Daniel Erdmann | DJ Illvibe | Johannes Fink

BMC

Rating: ★★★★

A long-time Berlin resident, the pianist-composer Aki Takase went into a Budapest recording studio with new band Japanic for her...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

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