Review of Jason Palmer: Places

Jason Palmer: Places

Edward Perez | Godwin Louis | Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Mike Moreno

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

Danish label Steeplechase specialises in tightly arranged theme and variation mainstream releases that have something to say but rarely hit...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2014

Review of Marquis Hill: New Gospel Revisited

Marquis Hill: New Gospel Revisited

Harish Raghavan | James Francies | Joel Ross | Kendrick Scott | Marquis Hill | Walter Smith III

Edition Records EDNCD/LP 1190

Rating: ★★★

A decade into his career following a dozen recordings as leader, the trumpeter-composer Marquis Hill decided a few years ago...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022

Review of Tubby Hayes: Live at the Flamingo 1958

Tubby Hayes: Live at the Flamingo 1958

Alan Branscombe | Bill Eyden | Jeff Clyne | Lees Condon | Ronnie Scott | Stuart Hamer | Terry Shannon | Tubby Hayes

Rhythm and Blues Records

Rating: ★★

This is the only documented appearance of the Tubby Hayes Octet known to man, since it apparently appeared for one...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2024

Review of Joey Alexander	: Origin

Joey Alexander : Origin

Chris Potter | Gilad Hekselman | Joey Alexander | Kendrick Scott | Larry Grenadier

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Even when he was still in his early teens, Joey Alexander’s touch was delicate and mature, and he played with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022

Review of Clifton Anderson: Been Down This Road Before

Clifton Anderson: Been Down This Road Before

Al Foster | Andy Bey | Angela Workman | Antoine Roney | Buster Williams | Clifton Anderson | Eric Wyatt | John F Adams | Maia Waldron | Monty Alexander

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★★

British listeners might know 63-year old trombonist Anderson best as a former sideman in Sonny Rollins' touring bands. He is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2021

Review of Paragon: Quarterlife Crisis

Paragon: Quarterlife Crisis

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Matthias Akeo Novak | Peter Ehwald

Shakewell Records

Rating: ★★★

Paragon is a young Anglo-German alliance set-up by the Berlin-based saxophonist Peter Ehwald and London pianist Arthur Lea (a member...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Review of Henry Spencer: The Defector

Henry Spencer: The Defector

Andrew Robb | Ant Law | David Ingamells | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson

AMP Music & Records

Rating: ★★★★

Henry Spencer has ploughed his own furrow, at once thoroughly connected with, and set apart from, the rest of the...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2023

Review of Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet: New Spring – Live At The Village

Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet: New Spring – Live At The Village

Clarence Penn | Donny McCaslin | Enrico Pieranunzi | Scott Colley

Camjazz

Rating: ★★★★

This is such a classy record in every respect. The musicians – and the musicianship – are of the highest...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2017

Review of Sunna Gunnlaugs: The Dream

Sunna Gunnlaugs: The Dream

Eivind Opsvft | Loren Stiltaan | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs

Sunny Sky

Rating: ★★★

Suna Gunnlaugs is one of Iceland's leading jazz musicians, and The Dream is her sixth album, having made her debut...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Åke Persson | Derek Humble | Francy Boland | Jimmy Deuchar | Jimmy Woode | Kenny Clarke | Mark Murphy | Ronnie Scott | Sahib Shihab

Editor's Choice

MPS Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the company of eight musicians from the fabled Kenny Clarke/ Francy Boland Big Band, who recorded a number of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2018

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