David Murray: Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 3
A glance at the large amount of players used on these six recordings says much about Murray's role as a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017
Laura Jurd: Landing Ground
She's only just entered her final year at Trinity College of Music, but the composer-trumpeter Laura Jurd is already creating...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Duke Ellington: The Treasury Shows Vol.15
The rate of discovery of ‘new’ Ellington has naturally slowed during recent years, but there's still much to be released...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012
Amaro Freitas: Sankofa
This latest album from pianist Amaro Freitas takes its title from the Adinkra symbol depicting a bird flying with its...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021
Robert Glasper Trio: Covered
Damion Reid | Robert Glasper | Vicente Archer
Several years ago it became something of a convention among soul artists to rush out an ‘in concert’ album just...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015
Gareth Williams: Short Stories
Chris Laurence | Gareth Williams | Martin France | Palle Danielsson
In live performance, pianist Gareth Williams seldom fails to impress. Rather like the series of famous exchanges in Butch Cassidy...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022
New York Standards Quartet: The New Straight Ahead
Daiki Yasukagawa | David Berkman | Gene Jackson | Tim Armacost
Here's a working group, eight years together, their avowed intent the re-imagining of familiar standards and jazz classics, hence the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2014
Ronnie Scott's All Stars: Jazz Classics
Alex Garnett | James Pearson | Natalie Williams | Pedro Segundo | Sam Burgess
Meet the house band of the updated deluxe Ronnie Scott's Club, an exceptionally versatile outfit which supports the international stars...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2012
Vula Viel: Good is Good
Bex Burch | Dan Nicholls | Dave De Rose | George Crowley | Jim Hart | Simon Roth | Stephen Bure
Learning hand-to-hand triplets on the djembe before studying classical percussion at the Guildhall, the Yorkshire-born Bex Burch had set off...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015
Thiago França Presents A Espetacular Charanga Do França: The Importance of Being Espetacular
Thiago Franca is an astonishing Sao Paolo horn player, part Roland Kirk, part Sun Ra, who mixes the traditional rhythms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/January/2021/2022
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