Hasse Poulsen/Debbie Cameron/Luc Ex/Mark Sanders: The Langston Project

Debbie Cameron | Hasse Poulsen | Luc Ex | Mark Sanders

The general consensus is, certainly among those who made the gig, that Ron McCurdy and Ice T's Langston Hughes project...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2016

Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Sphere

Alexi Tuomarila | Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori | Verneri Pohjola

Though Glenn Gould and Alexi Tuomarila are two quite different pianists with two quite different musical outlooks, they do share...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019

Maria Grand: Reciprocity

Kanoa Mendenhall | Maria Grand | Savannah Harris

The Swiss-born New York based young tenor saxophonist Grand generated credible plaudits for her 2018 full debut release Magdalena with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Duke Pearson: Four Classic Albums

Originally a trumpet player, but when Duke Pearson recorded his debut album for Blue Note, it was as a seasoned...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2020

Kyle Eastwood: The View From Here

Andrew McCormack | Graeme Blevins | Graeme Flowers | Kyle Eastwood | Martyn Kane

While his first few rather insipid groove-jazz albums on Candid didn't do him any favours fending off those in the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Illinois Jacquet: Five Classic Albums: The Kid and The Brute/Swing's The Thing/Illinois Flies Again/Illinois Jacquet Col

Al Lucas | Arnette Sparrow | Art Blakey | Barry Galbraith | Ben Webster | Budd Johnson | Carl Perkins | Cecil Payne | Chano Pozo | Ernie Henry

To paraphrase Private Eye's Glenda Slagg – Illinois Jacquet… crazy name, crazy guy! Be that as it may, from the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2012

Dick Oatts: Use Your Imagination

Anthony Wonsey | Chris Smith | Dick Oatts | Joe Magnarelli | Ugonna Okegwo

I really wanted to like this more. I had seen Magnarelli a few years ago at Southport and been underwhelmed,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2018

JJ Wheeler Quintet: Unconventional

Charlie Portas | Chris Maddock | JJ Wheeler | Ralph Brown | Tom Moore

If a debut album is a statement of intent, you need to be very careful what you call it. Sadly,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2012

Joey DeFrancesco: Trip Mode

Dan Wilson | Jason Brown | Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco

DeFrancesco can play the organ as well as anybody – he has the discography, the awards and the full calendar...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: February/2016

Georgia Mancio: Live at ReVoice!

Georgia Mancio | Ian Shaw | Jason Rebello | Laurence Cottle | Liane Carroll | Michael Janisch | Nikki Iles

This consummate, many-angled exploration of song brings together 12 fascinating duo performances with some of the finest players on the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016