Dennis Rollins' Velocity: The 11th Gate
Dennis Rollins | Pedro Segundo | Ross Stanley
A real treat from Rollins, who has been gigging Velocity for about 18 months, but most people will know from...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2011
Pure Desmond: Pure Desmond Play James Bond Songs
Christian Flohr | Johann Weiss | Lorenz Hargassner | Sebastian Deufel
Like all of you, I like to think I take my jazz seriously. But you know what? Sometimes I just...
Reviewed by Nina Fortune in issue: April/2023
Jane Monheit: The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald
Daniel Sadownick | Jane Monheit | Michael Kanan | Neal Miner | Nicholas Payton | Rick Montalbano
Beginning with a luxuriant reading of the Duke Ellington/Carl Sigman song, ‘All Too Soon’, this exceptional tribute to Ella Fitzgerald...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016
Steve Kuhn Trio: Wisteria
Joey Baron | Kuhn | Steve Swallow
A surprisingly straightahead record for ECM, evoking not the clichéd idea of what constitues an ECM trio album but the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2012
Charles Mingus: Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
The last album Mingus played on was an odd mixture, but gained considerable sales success in the heyday of fusion....
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014
Whit Dickey/Mat Maneri/Matthew Shipp: Vessel In Orbit
Mat Maneri | Matthew Shipp | Whit Dickey
Drummer Whit Dickey – who power-drove the David S Ware Quartet throughout the early 1990s – has released some of...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017
Aruan Ortiz Trio: Live In Zurich
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor
About three years ago, this writer was asked by Cuban pianist Ortiz to do the liner notes for an album...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2018
Stacey Kent: Songs From Other Places
Some day in the future, a keen scholar of the music will write a fabulous PhD about all of the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021
Sachal Vasandani & Romain Collin: Midnight Shelter
Romain Collin | Sachal Vasandani
US vocalist Sachal Vasandani and French pianist Romain Collin, both now adopted New Yorkers as well as friends and neighbours,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2021
Azamiah: In Phases
There’s a load of really interesting jazz coming out of Scotland, and more specifically Glasgow, at the moment. If you...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: August/2023
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