Tom Barford: Bloomer
Billy Marrows | Dave Storey | Flo Moore | Rupert Cox | Tom Barford
Talk about fast-tracking; only last year the NYJO saxophonist Tom Barford was collecting his first-class honours as a Royal Academy...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018
Chet Baker: Chet: The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker
The plethora of Chet Baker reissues continues and each of these releases has something to commend it, although the bonus...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2020
Runswick Hymas: Big Bands 1974-78
“Bands, those funny little plans that never work quite right,” sang Jonathan Donahue on Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs. That line...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2019
Tubby Hayes: The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955-59
Although during his teens Edward Brian (Tubby) Hayes had briefly made his presence heard on recordings by Kenny Baker (1951),...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013
Julian Lage: Arclight
Julian Lage | Kenny Wolleson | Scott Colley
Childhood prodigies rarely soar in their maturity, but Lage, now in his late twenties, is starting to lay down some...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2016
Jacky Naylor: The Industrial Suite
Last summer's Meraki release demonstrated Yorkshire-born pianist Jacky Naylor's compositional flair, on an album influenced more than a smidge by...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: June/2021
John Taylor: In Two Minds
The album title, and the section of the booklet written by John himself, offer the intriguing prospect of a Taylor...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2014
McCandless/Taylor/Balducci/Rabbia: Evansiana
John Taylor | Michele Rabbia | Paul McCandless | Pierluigi Balducci
This lovely set was recorded shortly before the death of John Taylor in July 2015, and it's entirely fitting that...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2017
Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and other Billie Holiday Classics/Carmen McRae
This magnificent reissue from Essential Jazz Classics includes not only Carmen McRae's tribute to the great Lady Day – her...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2012
Mette Juul: Moon On My Shoulder
Ambrose Akinmusire | Lars Danielsson | Mette Juul | Morten Lund | Nikolaj Hess
On this follow-up to her 2010 debut album, Coming In From The Dark, vocalist Mette Juul puts together an...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2013
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