Review of Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes Bonus

Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes Bonus

Maynard Ferguson | Ronnie Ross | Ronnie Scott

Sleepy Night SNRCD025

Rating: ★★

What are we supposed to make of this? As with Sleepy Night’s previous volume of archive Ferguson material, this is...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: February/2022

Review of Kate Williams' Four Plus Three Meets Georgia Mancio: Finding Home

Kate Williams' Four Plus Three Meets Georgia Mancio: Finding Home

David Ingamells | Francis Gallagher | Georgia Mancio | John Garner | John Williams | Kate Williams | Marie Schreer | Oli Hayhurst | Sergio Serra

Kwjazz

Rating: ★★★★

Williams has worked and recorded with a string quartet before and builds valuably on that experience on this engaging new...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2019

Review of Bedmakers: Live in Berlin

Bedmakers: Live in Berlin

Dave Kane | Fabien Duscombs | Mathieu Werchowski | Robin Fincker

Jazz Dor Series

Rating: ★★★★

The French-born reedsman Robin Fincker was a recognised figure on the vibrant young London scene during the noughties making his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Review of Mickey Baker: But Wild/Bossa Nova: Collective personnel

Mickey Baker: But Wild/Bossa Nova: Collective personnel

Armand Molinetti | Bill Hendricks | Charles Hernandez | Christian Garros | Claude Gousset | Daniel Humair | Dimas Sedicias | George Arvanitas | Hubert Rostaing | Leo Petit

Hoodoo Records 670107 (CD)

Rating: ★★

Kentucky-born guitarist ‘Mickey’ Baker (1925-2012) saw himself originally as a jazz musician, touring with the likes of Lester Young and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2021

Review of Various: 3 Nights At Cafe Oto

Various: 3 Nights At Cafe Oto

Alexander v. Schlippenbach | Christof Thewes | Eddie Prévost | Evan Parker | John Edwards

Matchless

Rating: ★★★★

Is it too fanciful to suggest that Cafe Oto is the new Village Vanguard? Just as, from the late 1950s...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2015

Review of Go: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive: Ragmala – A Garland Of Ragas

Go: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive: Ragmala – A Garland Of Ragas

Abderahim Hakmoun | Abhik Mukherjee | Adam Rudolph | Alexis Marcelo | Arun Ramamurthy | Avram Fefer | Bala Skandan | Charles Burnham | Damon Banks | David Ellenbogen

Meta

Rating: ★★★★

Chicagoan percussionist Adam Rudolph has been a pioneer of ethnomusicological exploration since the 1970s. A former student of, and collaborator...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2019

Review of Michael Wollny's [em]: Wasted & Wanted

Michael Wollny's [em]: Wasted & Wanted

Eric Schaefer | Eva Kruse | Michael Wollny

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

It's no longer [em], but Michael Wollny's [em] (pictured, below, left), but don't read anything into that. “A lot of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2012

Review of Jamison Ross: All For One

Jamison Ross: All For One

Barry Stephenson | Chris Pattishall | Cory Irvin | Jamison Ross | Rick Lollar

Concord Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

A winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2012 and mostly known as a drummer on albums such...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

Review of Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton: 'Round Midnight

Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton: 'Round Midnight

Chuck Riggs | Harry Allen | Joel Forbes | Rossano Sportiello | Scott Hamilton

Challenge

Rating: ★★★★

Hearing these two together, like master and pupil, at Norwich recently was a joy. And so it is here. Neither...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2012

Review of STR4TA: Aspects

STR4TA: Aspects

Bluey Maunick

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Bluey Maunick and Gilles Peterson's relationship goes back at least a decade, when they worked together guiding Incognito's chart-topping career:...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2021

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