Review of Huw V Williams: Hon

Huw V Williams: Hon

Alam Nathoo | Elliot Galvin | Huw V Williams | Jim Black | Laura Jurd | Peter Ibbetson

Chaos Collective

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Grant Green: Remembering Grant Green

Grant Green: Remembering Grant Green

Al Harewood | Billy Higgins | Butch Warren | Grant Green | Sonny Clark | Wilbur Ware

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Bill MacCormick | Brian Eno | Dave MacRae | Dave Macrae | Dave Sinclair | Mutter Korus | Phil Miller | Robert Wyatt

Esoteric

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Roscoe Mitchell: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Roscoe Mitchell: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Alan Silva | Andrew Hill | Ben Riley | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Rufus Reid

Cam BXS

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Red Mitchell and Jim Hall: Rejoice!

Red Mitchell and Jim Hall: Rejoice!

Carl Perkins | Frank Butler | Frank Strazzeri | Jim Hall | Jimmy Bond | Red Kelly | Red Mitchell

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Various Artists: Babylon Berlin

Various Artists: Babylon Berlin

Alexander Hacke | Alf Klimek | Brian Ferry | Christina Russo | Damian Bassman | Guitar Crusher aka Sidney Selby Selby | Kristjan Randalu | Larry Mullins | Michiyo Suzuki | Moka Efti Orchestra

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos: Live In San Francisco

Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos: Live In San Francisco

Etienne M’Bappe | Gary Husband | Jason Crosby | Jeff Sipe | Jimmy Herring | John McLaughlin | Kevin Scott | Matt Slocum | Ranjit Barot

Abstract Logix

Rating: ★★★★

With Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks and Cooder all putting out major releases within six weeks of each other, the great...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018

Review of Jay Phelps: The Now

Jay Phelps: The Now

David Mrakpor | Harry Ling | Jack Robson | Jansen Santana | Jay Phelps | Menelik Claffy | Nicola Guida | Rūta Sīpola | Simon Jnr | Tom Ford

Platoon

Rating: ★★★★

The seventh solo album by Canadian-born, London-based trumpeter du jour Jay Phelps, The Now has been a while coming. Recorded...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2023

Review of Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin

Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin

Ben Zwerin | Bobby Ray Sparks II | Chris Bruce | Ivan Edwards | Lizz Wright

Editor's Choice

Blues & Greens Records

Rating: ★★★★

When, during the pandemic, Lizz Wright found the time to listen back to some previous live dates, she was particularly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

Review of Various Artists: European Cool Jazz 1951-1959

Various Artists: European Cool Jazz 1951-1959

Bobby Jaspar | Don Rendell | Hans Koller | Johnny Dankworth | Johnny Keating | Lars Gullin | Sacha Distel

Editor's Choice

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★★

What an eye-opening treasure trove this double CD set is. The first thing that is so striking is that across...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014

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