Album Interview: Dr John: Locked Down
Every generation since the 1960s has discovered Dr John and taken him to their heart. It's led to some wacky...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2012
Karl Berger/Kirk Knuffke: Heart Is A Melody
Jay Anderson | Karl Berger | Kirk Knuffke | Matt Wilson
Now 87, the German-born vibist Berger is the doyen of the New York avant-garde, a long-time sideman with Don Cherry,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023
Brandon Allen: The Stanley Turrentine Project
Brandon Allen | Conor Chaplin | Dave Ingamells | Will Barry
Tenorist Allen is an activist with a flair for interesting projects; most recently it was the music of star US...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022
Myra Melford Trio: Alive In The House of Saints – Part 1
Lindsey Horner | Myra Melford | Reggie Nicolson
I remember being mightily impressed when I heard the second-generation reissue of this album – back in 2001, when it...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: September/2017
Esther Bennett: Home Is Where The Art Is
Duncan Lamont Jr | Esther Bennett | Terence Collie
Esther Bennett describes Home Is Where the Art Is as a ‘labour of love’ and, cliché that that phrase has...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2023
Vince Mendoza: Nights on Earth
Nights on Earth is Mendoza’s eighth album as a leader, and this, together with Blauklang (ACT) from 2008, provide ample...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2011
Humphrey Lyttelton: In Canada
Ed Bickert | Humphrey Lyttelton | Jim Galloway | Neil Swainson | Terry Clarke
Humph journeyed to Canada to appear at a local jazz festival in 1983 and Sackville's John Norris took the opportunity...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2015
Food: This is Not a Miracle
Christian Fennesz | Iain Ballamy | Thomas Strøenen
Formed in 1998, the Anglo-Norwegian jazz electronica ensemble Food are one of the leading European exponents of post-clubland, experimental jazz...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Julian Shore: Where We Started
Where We Started is either the third or fourth album by New York-based Shore – an earlier work, Filaments, was...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2020
Eric Reed and Cyrus Chestnut: Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul
Cyrus Chestnut | Dezron Douglas | Eric Reed | Willie Jones III
Only recently it seems I was commending the duo pairing of Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan as a master-class in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010
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