Jimi Hendrix: Both Sides of The Sky
This third volume, in what is referred to as a trilogy of Hendrix archive releases covering 2010's Valleys of Neptune...
Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2018
Katriona Taylor: Blind Passion
There's a long tradition of blind and visually-impaired jazz musicians, from Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano and George Shearing through to...
Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: May/2021
Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith: Celebration
Arild Andersen | Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith
Bassist Arild Andersen's critically acclaimed trio with Tommy Smith on saxophone has toured extensively and recorded for ECM – Live...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012
Paul Desmond: Desmond: Here I Am Quartet and Quintet
Bill Bates | Dave Van Kriedt | Dick Collins | Don Elliott | Paul Desmond
With the rise of pattern based improvisation through the influence of jazz academe, melodic improvisation has receded. Thus Desmond's name,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Wheelhouse: Boss of the Plains
Dave Rempis | Jason Adasiewicz | Nate McBride
When this Chicago-based trio first came together in 2005, the intention was to perform each other’s compositions. Over the years...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013
Paul Riley Quintet: Into View
Ant Law | Dave Hamblett | Matt Ridley | Mitch Jones | Paul Riley
Having graduated from Trinity College in 2007, the alto and soprano saxophonist/composer Paul Riley's debut features a quintet that he...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015
Ollie Howell: Sutures and Stitches
Duncan Eagles | Mark Perry | Matt Robinson | Max Luthert | Ollie Howell
None other than Quincy Jones saw something very special in this now London-based drummer when he saw him perform in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Alex Sipiagin: Overlooking Moments
Alex Sipiagin | Chris Potter | Eric Harland | Scott Colley
Criss Cross boss-producer Gerry Teekens is astonishingly loyal to his artistes. Take Russian trumpeter Sipiagin, for years now an in-demand...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2013
Jamie Cullum: Pointless Nostalgic
Reviewing Jamie Cullum’s debut album for Candid in the September 2002 edition of Jazzwise, I noted that his “mellifluous tone,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023
Julian Lage: Love Hurts
Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage
Hard to imagine two more different stylists than Hedwig Mollestad and Lage, but both favour the keep ’em brief but...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2019
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