Review of Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera

Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera

Gaston Joya | Harold López-Nussa | Ruy Adrian López-Nussa

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

With all the uncertainty surrounding the relationship between the North and its Latin American neighbours, some musicians are offering their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Review of Barney Kessel: Live at the Jazz Mill 1954

Barney Kessel: Live at the Jazz Mill 1954

Art Kile | Barney Kessel | Pete Jolly

Modern Harmonic

Rating: ★★★★

Here's a discovery. The Jazz Mill club was in Phoenix, Arizona, but only lasted for a year, bringing in top...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2017

Review of Eddie Harris: Silver Cycles

Eddie Harris: Silver Cycles

Billy Hart | Bruno Carr | Eddie Harris | Jodie Christian | Joe Zawinul | Marco Valdez | Melvin Jackson | Monk Montgomery | Richard Davis | Richard Smith

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★★

The late Chicago saxophonist can make a credible claim to being one of the great bridges between the mainstream and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014

Review of Stan Getz & Chet Baker: Stan Meets Chet

Stan Getz & Chet Baker: Stan Meets Chet

Carson Smith | Chet Baker | Jodie Christian | Marshall Thompson | Russ Freeman | Shelly Manne | Stan Getz | Victor Sproles

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

This didn't turn out quite the way it was supposed to. On paper it looked like a safe-bet commercial proposition....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2014

Review of R+R=NOW: Collagically Speaking

R+R=NOW: Collagically Speaking

Christian Scott | Derrick Hodge | Justin Tyson | Robert Glasper | Taylor McFerrin | Terrace Martin

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

An all star-group such as this comes with a certain amount of expectation, which was not duly fulfilled on stage...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2018

Review of Till Brönner and Bob James: On Vacation

Till Brönner and Bob James: On Vacation

Bob James | Christian von Kaphengst | David Haynes | Harvey Mason | Till Brönner | Wolfgang Haffner | Yuri Goloubev

Sony Masterworks

Rating: ★★★

My, this album from German trumpeter/vocalist Till Brönner and US keyboard maestro Bob James, now in his ninth decade, is...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2021

Review of The E.J. Strickland Quintet: Warriors For Peace

The E.J. Strickland Quintet: Warriors For Peace

E.J. Strickland | Godwin Louis | Josh Ginsburg | Jure Pukl | Taber Gable | Ulrich Edorh

Editor's Choice

Jammin'colorS

Rating: ★★★★

Not so long ago, the Strickland twins seemed to be on loads of recordings. They even had their own label....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Chet Baker: Big Band

Chet Baker: Big Band

Art Pepper | Bill Hood | Bill Perkins | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Burgess | Bob Graf | Bobby Timmons | Bud Shank | Carson Smith | Chet Baker

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

Once he was cut loose from Pacific Jazz and left to fend for himself (mainly) in Europe, there was absolutely...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2015

Review of Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums

Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums

Al Cohn | Art Blakey | Art Farmer | Ben Tucker | Bobby Timmons | Cecil Payne | Doug Watkins | Ed Thigpen | Elvin Jones | Hal McKusick

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Originally inspired by Charlie Christian, Burrell, now in his 92nd year, must be counted as one of the jazz world's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023

Review of Nikolaj Hess: Spacelab & Strings

Nikolaj Hess: Spacelab & Strings

Anders Christensen | Caecilie Balling | Christian Ellegaard | Jakup Lützen | Josefine Opsahl | Mikkel Hess | Nikolaj Hess

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

Hess is a Danish pianist-composer in his mid-fifties who, among other things, teaches at the famous Rhythmic Conservatory and has...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2021

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