Review of Pat Metheny: Side-Eye – NYC (V1–IV)

Pat Metheny: Side-Eye – NYC (V1–IV)

James Francies | Marcus Gilmore | Pat Metheny

Editor's Choice

BMG/Modern Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Our received notions of Pat Metheny is that there is not one, but two Pat Methenys. There’s the Pat Metheny...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021

Review of Calum Gourlay: Live At The Ridgeway

Calum Gourlay: Live At The Ridgeway

Calum Gourlay

Two Rivers Records

Rating: ★★★★

Master musicians such as Dave Holland, William Parker and Henry Grimes have proved the acoustic bass can have a mesmerising,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Review of Noah Preminger & Kim Cass: Thunda

Noah Preminger & Kim Cass: Thunda

Noah Preminger

Dry Bridge Records

Rating: ★★★★

Reeds maestro Noah Preminger and bassist Kim Cass are go-to musicians in New York left-field jazz, The better-known Preminger has...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2021

Review of Tori Freestone Trio: In the Chop House

Tori Freestone Trio: In the Chop House

Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

Tori Freestone was a late starter on saxophone having spent her early youth playing violin in the folk clubs of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Review of Cloudmakers Trio: Abstract Forces

Cloudmakers Trio: Abstract Forces

Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Jim Hart might best be known as one of the leading practitioners on the vibraphone in the UK, but with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Review of The Harvey O’Higgins Project: That’s the Way to Live!

The Harvey O’Higgins Project: That’s the Way to Live!

Dave O’Higgins | Graham Harvey | Jeremy Brown | Josh Morrison

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

All is well with the world. Dave O’Higgins is back and swinging in partnership with old pals. Pandemics may come...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021

Review of Amanda Gardier: Auteur: Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson

Amanda Gardier: Auteur: Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson

Amanda Gardier | Charlie Ballantine | Dave King | Jesse Wittman

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Amanda Gardier, a young Baltimore-based alto saxophonist, won’t be a name familiar to most UK jazz listeners.But she steps out...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2024

Review of Josephine Davies’ Satori: Weatherwards

Josephine Davies’ Satori: Weatherwards

Alcyona Mick | Dave Whitford | James Maddren | Josephine Davies

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Following 2020’s Buddhism-themed How Can We Wake? this fourth album from Josephine Davies’ Satori takes the saxophonist back to her...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2024

Review of Cloudmakers Five: Traveling Pulse

Cloudmakers Five: Traveling Pulse

Antonin-Tri Hoang | Dave Smith | Hannes Riepler | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Jim Hart has been pushing at the boundaries of the art of jazz vibraphone since forming Cloudmakers in 2015, his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Review of Erin McDougald: Outside The Soirée

Erin McDougald: Outside The Soirée

Chembo Corniel | Cliff Schmitt | Dan Block | Dave Liebman | Erin McDougald | Mark Sherman | Rob Block | Rodney Green | Tom Harrell

Miles High Records

Rating: ★★★★

Featuring a smoking hot band which includes Dave Liebman on soprano and tenor saxes plus Tom Harrell on trumpet and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2018

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