Review of Sons Of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile

Sons Of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile

Congo Natty | Eddie Hick | Joshua Idehen | Shabaka Hutchings | Theon Cross | Tom Skinner

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

An increasingly visible representative of British jazz for international audiences, Shabaka Hutchings has never been afraid to voice his opinion...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Hot Lips Page: Feelin’ High & Happy 1928-1953

Hot Lips Page: Feelin’ High & Happy 1928-1953

Albert Ammons | Albert Nicholas | Artie Shaw | Ben Webster | Bennie Moten | Billie Holiday | Chu Berry | Count Basie | Don Byas | Earl Bostic

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★★

Bobby Hackett is quoted in the liner notes, saying that in the mid-1930s the up-and-coming Page was signed to an...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2022

Review of The Warren Vaché Quintet: Remembers Benny Carter

The Warren Vaché Quintet: Remembers Benny Carter

Houston Person | Leroy Williams | Nicki Parrot | Tardo Hammer | Warren Vaché

Arbors

Rating: ★★★★

Vaché has an inherent flair for the bon mot, the apposite phrase or approach to a piece, and understands when...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2015

Review of Gabriel Latchin Trio: Viewpoint

Gabriel Latchin Trio: Viewpoint

Gabriel Latchin | Jeremy Brown | Joe Farnsworth

Alys Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Latchin has been around for a while now and remains one of our most consistently rewarding players. This is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Paul Booth: Trilateral

Paul Booth: Trilateral

Adriano Adewale | Andrew Bain | Clarence Penn | Matt Brewer | Paul Booth | Phil Robson | Ross Stanley

Pathway

Rating: ★★★★

Dante, TS Eliot, er, Jesus: they all found 33 a most creative age, so why not Paul Booth? This, his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Review of Aketi Ray: From Ever Since

Aketi Ray: From Ever Since

Danny White | Darren McCarthy | Kevin Robinson | Mikolaj Gorecki | Niko Rouger | Rob Shipster | Tom Mason | Virgil Howe

F-IRE Presents F-IRECD80

Rating: ★★★

The directive to ‘file under dub-jazz’ makes the premise of this work clear enough, but further dedications to the likes...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2018

Review of John Escreet: Sound, Space and Structures

John Escreet: Sound, Space and Structures

Evan Parker | John Escreet | John Hébert | Tyshawn Sorey

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

The young New York-based expat pianist-composer John Escreet and pioneering saxophonist Evan Parker might seem strange bedfellows at first. But...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Review of Miles Davis: The Cinema of Miles Davis

Miles Davis: The Cinema of Miles Davis

Miles Davis

él Records

Rating: ★

This is a bit dodgy. Aside from the momentous yet widely available score to Lift to the Scaffold, the rest...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Review of The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In The Spirit of the Duke

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In The Spirit of the Duke

Alyn Cosker | Bill Fleming | Brian Kellock | Calum Gourlay | Cameron Jay | Chris Greive | James Marr | Konrad Wiszniewski | Martin Kershaw | Michael Owers

Spartacus

Rating: ★★★★

Smith's SNJO has become one of the great adornments of our British jazz scene, the personnel invariably of the highest...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2013

Review of The Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davis Big Band

The Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davis Big Band

Alex Munk | Andy Greenwood | Ed Hilton | Jack Davies | James Opstad | Joe Wright | Jon Ormston | Josh Arcoleo | Kieran McLeod | Martin Speake

V&V Music

Rating: ★★★★

This trio of releases from 26-year-old trumpeter-and-more Jack Davies constitute an impressive calling card. Davies won the Deutsche Bank award...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2012

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