Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums
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
Stan Getz & Chet Baker: Stan Meets Chet
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
R+R=NOW: Collagically Speaking
Christian Scott | Derrick Hodge | Justin Tyson | Robert Glasper | Taylor McFerrin | Terrace Martin
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
Till Brönner and Bob James: On Vacation
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
Huw V Williams: Hon
Alam Nathoo | Elliot Galvin | Huw V Williams | Jim Black | Laura Jurd | Peter Ibbetson
Of the band leaders from London’s Chaos Collective – the most dynamic gathering of jazz conservatoire graduates to have come...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016
Grant Green: Remembering Grant Green
Al Harewood | Billy Higgins | Butch Warren | Grant Green | Sonny Clark | Wilbur Ware
The biggest obstacle confronting jazz guitarists has invariably been creating an instantly recognisable signature sound. In far too many instances...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2014
Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record
Matching Mole are usually seen as a transitionary stage in the career of Robert Wyatt. The group formed in 1971,...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012
Roscoe Mitchell: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
Alan Silva | Andrew Hill | Ben Riley | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Rufus Reid
The term ‘all star group’ can be bandied about a bit too liberally these days but what is perhaps more...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016
Red Mitchell and Jim Hall: Rejoice!
Carl Perkins | Frank Butler | Frank Strazzeri | Jim Hall | Jimmy Bond | Red Kelly | Red Mitchell
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
Various Artists: Babylon Berlin
Babylon Berlin is a screen adaptation of Volker Kutscher's detective novels. Set primarily in Berlin in 1929, they depict the...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: April/2018
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