Review of Oscar Peterson Quartet: City Lights – Live in Munich, 1994

Oscar Peterson Quartet: City Lights – Live in Munich, 1994

Lorne Lofsky | Martin Drew | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Oscar Peterson

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

This latest collaboration between Mack Avenue and Two Lions producer Kelly Peterson, OP’s widow, follows closely on from Con Alma...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/2024

Review of Sun Ra: Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank

Sun Ra: Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank

Atakatune | Craig Harris | Dale Williams | Damon Choice | Danny Davis | Danny Ray Thompson | Eddie Thomas | Eloe Omoe | James Jacson | John Gilmore

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

Confusingly, Resonance Records have decided to give their latest collection of Sun Ra recordings virtually the same title as the...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2024

Review of The Buck Clayton Legacy Band: Claytonia

The Buck Clayton Legacy Band: Claytonia

Adrian Fry | Alan Barnes | Alyn Shipton | Ian Smith | Martin Litton | Martin Wheatley | Matthias Seuffert | Menno Daams | Norman Emberson

Rating: ★★★★

The Buck Clayton Legacy Band came into being back in 2004 to serve the memory of the celebrated trumpeter, who...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2013

Review of The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express

The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express

Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch | Ralph Alessi

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The versatile first-call vibraphonist Jim Hart has recently been nominated in the vibes category for the 2012 Downbeat poll, a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Review of Jack Davies' Flea Circus

Jack Davies' Flea Circus

Aidan Shepherd | Jack Davies | James Opstad | Rob Cope

V&V Music

Rating: ★★★

This trio of releases from 26-year-old trumpeter-and-more Jack Davies constitute an impressive calling card. Davies won the Deutsche Bank award...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2012

Review of Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

Brad Mehldau | Joshua Redman

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

The influential contemporary pianist and saxophonist's musical relationship goes back to the early 1990s. It was then that a fledgling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Review of Various Artists: Here It Is: A tribute to Leonard Cohen

Various Artists: Here It Is: A tribute to Leonard Cohen

Bill Frisell | Greg Leisz | Gregory Porter | Iggy Pop | Immanuel Wilkins | James Taylor | Kevin Hays | Larry Goldings | Lusiana Souza | Mavis Staples David Gray

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Artists have been covering the songs of Leonard Cohen since at least 1969, when Roberta Flack included ‘Hey, That's No...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022

Review of Hedvig Mollestad: Ekidna

Hedvig Mollestad: Ekidna

Erlend Slettevoll | Hedvig Mollestad | Marte Eberson | Ole Mofiell | Susana Santos Silva | Torstein Lofhus

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★★

Mollestad loves a legend, and Ekidna conjures the spirit not of the cute spiny anteater, but of the mythic mater,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2020

Review of Charles Lloyd: Trios: Ocean

Charles Lloyd: Trios: Ocean

Anthony Wilson | Charles Lloyd | Gerald Clayton

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

The joy of Lloyd’s Trios project is that each of the three bands is an on-the-road working band; they’ve not...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022

Review of Steiger: The New Lady Llama

Steiger: The New Lady Llama

Gilles Vandecaveye-Pinoy

Sdban Ultra

Rating: ★★★

It is difficult to pin this Belgian trio down, not least because this, their third album, reveals a strong shift...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2021

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