Review of Album Interview: Dr John: Locked Down

Album Interview: Dr John: Locked Down

Brian Olive | Dan Auerbach | Dr John aka ‘Mac’ Rebennack | Leon Michels | Max Weissenfeldt | McCrary Sisters | Nick Movshon

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Jazz at the Philharmonic: Complete Live in Stockholm – November 21, 1960

Jazz at the Philharmonic: Complete Live in Stockholm – November 21, 1960

Art Davis | Benny Carter | Candido Camero | Cannonball Adderley | Chuck Lampkin | Coleman Hawkins | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Byas | JJ Johnson | Jo Jones

Solar

Rating: ★★★★

Here's an entire concert from JATP's 1960 European tour, something of a last hurrah for the formula, Solar's three-CD pack...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2012

Review of Dave Brubeck: Early Years: The Singles Collection1950-52

Dave Brubeck: Early Years: The Singles Collection1950-52

Bill Smith | Bob Collins | Cal Tjader | Dave Brubeck | Dave Van Kreidt | Dick Collins | Fred Dutton | Herb Barman | Jack Weeks | Lloyd Davis

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

At the dawn of the 1950s, the Weiss brothers, who owned a pressing plant, founded Fantasy Records to take over...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2021

Review of Michael Janisch: Worlds Collide

Michael Janisch: Worlds Collide

Andrew Bain | Clarence Penn | George Crowley | Jason Palmer | John Escreet | John O'Gallagher | Michael Janisch | Rez Abassi

Editor's Choice

Whirlwind Recordings (CD)

Rating: ★★★★

Janisch enjoys considerable kudos as the founder and head of the dynamic independent record label Whirlwind Recordings, but that should...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2019

Review of Larry Coryell: Larry Coryell's Last Swing with Ireland

Larry Coryell: Larry Coryell's Last Swing with Ireland

Larry Coryell

Angel Air

Rating: ★★★

The easy headline with The Last Call is that this is Coryell's last concert recording; within weeks he was dead....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Review of Miles Davis: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Miles Davis: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Danilo Pérez | Gary Willis | Herbie Hancock | Mitchel Forman | Tom Brechtlein | Wayne Shorter

North Sea Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

This concert was recorded on 13th July 1985, when Miles Davis opened the second day (Saturday) of the North Sea...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

Review of Fire!: Testament

Fire!: Testament

Andreas Werliin | Johan Berthling | Mats Gustafsson

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★

This Swedish trio follow free jazz’s concept of sometimes feral discord designed to touch jazz’s raw roots, sometimes reaching right...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2024

Review of Rodrigo y Gabriela: Area 52

Rodrigo y Gabriela: Area 52

Anoushka Shankar | Carles Benavent | John Tempesta | Le Trio Joubran | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Samuel Formell Alfonso

Rubyworks

Rating: ★★★★

This Mexican acoustic rock duo has gone from busking on the streets of Dublin to selling out cavernous venues everywhere...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2012

Review of Ralph Alessi: Baida

Ralph Alessi: Baida

Drew Gress | Jason Moran | Nasheet Waits | Ralph Alessi

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

On the back of a particularly fertile spell of activity including a recent duo recording with Fred Hersch, the San...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Review of Album Interview: Michael Wollny: Nachtfahrten

Album Interview: Michael Wollny: Nachtfahrten

Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

With the release of Weltentraum last year it seemed clear that Michael Wollny, voted European Jazz Musician of the Year...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2015

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