Dizzy Gillespie: Meets Phil Woods Quintet
Bill Goodwin | Dizzy Gillespie | Hal Galper | Phil Woods | Steve Gilmore | Tom Harrell
This Woods Quintet was a cracking band, with Harrell as the standout, enterprising and interesting to hear. Adding Gillespie allows...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2013
Duke Jordan : Montmartre ‘73
Allan Gregersen | Bent Jaedig | Duke Jordan | Eddie Gomez | Johnny Dyani | Jørn Elniff
Some great sessions were recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen in the 1960s and 70s. Steeplechase has done a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022
Beck Hunters with Laura Cole and John Pope: From Wolves To Water
Anton Hunter | John Pope | Johnny Hunter | Laura Cole | Mick Beck
Double-reed instruments such as the duduk, shehnai and rhaita have long held a fascination for progressive free-jazz musicians and other...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2024
Ali Watson Quartet: Terrarium
Alan Benzie | Ali Watson | Greg Irons | Matt Carmichael
This is bassist Ali Watson’s self-produced debut album. A long-standing member of tenor saxophonist Matt Carmichael’s band, who appears here...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025
Tommy Smith: Embodying The Light: A Dedication To John Coltrane
Calum Gourlay | Pete Johnstone | Sebastian de Krom | Tommy Smith
In the 1980s, Bob Brookmeyer controversially posited the question: “Was Charlie Parker Good for Jazz?” He argued that he wasn't,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2017
Steve Swell Matthew Shipp: Space Cube Jazz
A meeting of two of the seminal American musicians on French label Rogueart. Trombonist Steve Swell and pianist Matthew Shipp...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing The Air
New York-based German saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock has been a strong improviser and composer for over 25 years, expressing herself in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2025
J Peter Schwaim and Arve Henriksen: Neuzeit
Arve Henriksen | J. Peter Schwaim
It is probably fair to say that Arve Henriksen has never really been given the credit he deserves as a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021
Adam Nolan: Prim and Primal
Adam Nolan | Derek Whyte | Dominic Mullan
There's something interestingly different going on at almost every moment on this trio set led by young Kilkenny-born saxophonist Adam...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021
Tina May with the Andy Lutter Trio: Café Paranoia
Andy Lutter | Sunk Pöschl | Thomas Hauser | Tina May
Café Paranoia celebrates and documents the long-standing musical friendship between the Munich-based pianist and composer Andy Lutter and the late,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2017
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