Review of Humphrey Lyttelton: 1959

Humphrey Lyttelton: 1959

Armit | Bert Courtley | Bobby Pratt | Brian Brocklehurst | Brocklehurst | Coe | Eddie Blair | Eddie Harvey | Eddie Taylor | Humphrey Lyttelton

Lake

Rating: ★★★★

This is a successor to the earlier Lake reissue of Humph's mainstream octet albums from 1957-58 (see Jazzwise 132) and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010

Review of Nigel Price Organ Trio: Live At The Crypt

Nigel Price Organ Trio: Live At The Crypt

Matt Home | Nigel Price | Ross Stanley | Vasilis Xenopoulos

Nervy Nigel

Rating: ★★★★

This is best described as an example of what Nigel and Vasilis do so well in so many playing situations,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019

Review of Masahiko Togashi: Session In Paris: Vol. One ‘Song Of Soil’

Masahiko Togashi: Session In Paris: Vol. One ‘Song Of Soil’

Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Masahiko Togashi

Editor's Choice

We Want Sounds/Paddle Wheel

Rating: ★★★★

The great Japanese percussionist Masahiko Togashi (1940-2007) grew up in a musical family – his father was a renowned jazz...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2023

Review of Tom Bancroft: Trio Red: First Hello to Last Goodbye

Tom Bancroft: Trio Red: First Hello to Last Goodbye

Per Zanussi | Tom Bancroft | Tom Cawley

Interrupto Music

Rating: ★★★★

Tom Bancroft is an influential figure on the Scottish jazz and music scene. Besides his success in bringing new initiatives...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Review of Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke: Lean In

Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke: Lean In

Burniss Travis | Gretchen Parlato | Lionel Loueke | Lisa Loueke | Mark Guiliana | Marley Guiliana

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

This new duo album from Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke celebrates 20-plus years of musical connection and camaraderie. Loueke appeared...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2023

Review of The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz At Oberlin

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz At Oberlin

Dave Brubeck | Lloyd Davis | Paul Desmond | Ron Crotty

Original Jazz Classics

In all his extensive discography, Dave Brubeck cited the albums Jazz at Oberlin and Jazz at the College of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2021

Review of Classic Jazz Orchestra/Alan Barnes: The Glasgow Suite

Classic Jazz Orchestra/Alan Barnes: The Glasgow Suite

Alan Barnes | Billy Hunter | Dick Lee | Ken Mathieson | Konrad Wiszniewski | Martin Foster | Paul Harrison | Phil O'Malley | Roy Percy

Woodville

Rating: ★★★

Benny Carter wrote the five-part The Glasgow Suite for, well, Glasgow, or at least that city’s International Jazz Festival in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012

Review of Liane Carroll: The Right To Love

Liane Carroll: The Right To Love

James McMillan | Liane Carroll | Loz Garratt | Mark Edwards | Mark Jaimes | Ralph Salmins

Editor's Choice

Quiet Money

Rating: ★★★★

While her previous album, Seaside, presented a 10-track love letter to her home town of Hastings, The Right To Love...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2017

Review of Michael Adkins Quartet: Flaneur

Michael Adkins Quartet: Flaneur

Larry Grenadier | Michael Adkins | Paul Motian | Russ Lossing

Hatology

Rating: ★★★

Flânerie, to condense Brian Morton's erudite sleeve note, celebrates the chance encounters of urban life. For Charles Baudelaire, one of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2018

Review of Branford Marsalis/Various: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Music from the Netflix Film

Branford Marsalis/Various: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Music from the Netflix Film

Branford Marsalis | Cedric Watson | Clint Johnson | Maxayn Lewis | Viola Davis

Editor's Choice

Milan Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the official soundtrack to George C. Wolfe's excellent recent Netflix film based on the play of the same...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2021

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