Jimmy Raney: Live In Tokyo
Barry Harris | Leroy Williams | Sam Jones
A sister release to Charles McPherson's CD that bears the same title. This is indeed the same band minus McPherson...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016
Binker Golding: Abstractions Of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers
Binker Golding | Daniel Casimir | Joe Armon-Jones | Sam Jones
Saxophonist Golding shows his versatility on an enjoyable set. This is a markedly different proposition to the duos formed with...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019
Julian Argüelles: Circularity
Dave Holland | John Taylor | Julian Argüelles | Martin France
Circularity, the title of Julian Argüelles' debut album for the major Italian label Cam Jazz, perhaps refers to the point...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014
Kenny Wheeler: Double, Double You
Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | John Taylor | Kenny Wheeler | Mike Brecker
This reissue recaptures a wonderful session for an all-star Kenny Wheeler-led 1983 quintet – wonderful not just for its typically...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2019
PYJÆN: Feast
Ben Vize | Benjamin Crane | Charlie Hutchinson | Dani Diodato | Dylan Jones
Young quintet PYJÆN are a well-connected bunch in their London ‘hood, hence the liberal scattering of illustrious guests across this...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: September/2021
Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Dortmund), 1976
Anthony Braxton | Barry Altschul | Dave Holland | George Lewis
Braxton has had so many notable bands in his lengthy career that it is difficult to single out a particular...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2019
Paul Desmond: Desmond: Here I Am Quartet and Quintet
Bill Bates | Dave Van Kriedt | Dick Collins | Don Elliott | Paul Desmond
With the rise of pattern based improvisation through the influence of jazz academe, melodic improvisation has receded. Thus Desmond's name,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Wheelhouse: Boss of the Plains
Dave Rempis | Jason Adasiewicz | Nate McBride
When this Chicago-based trio first came together in 2005, the intention was to perform each other’s compositions. Over the years...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013
Jamie Cullum: Pointless Nostalgic
Reviewing Jamie Cullum’s debut album for Candid in the September 2002 edition of Jazzwise, I noted that his “mellifluous tone,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023
Esmond Selwyn: The Middle Half
Esmond Selwyn | John-Paul Gard | Robin Jones
Ringing with the sound of a bygone age steeped as this album is in the swing-into-bop mainstream jazz of the...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: May/2012
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