Review of Norah Jones: Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Norah Jones: Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Adam Levy | Brian Blade | Dan Rieser | Jesse Harris | Lee Alexander | Norah Jones

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Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

A little over 20 years ago, a 14-track debut album from a relatively unknown singer-songwriter and pianist was released on...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2022

Review of The Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: You’ve Got to Dig it to Dig It, You Dig?

The Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: You’ve Got to Dig it to Dig It, You Dig?

David Newton | De Krom | Derek Nash | Geoff Gascoyne | Martin Shaw

Jazzizit

Rating: ★★★★

Nash is a live-wire musician, game to play in a variety of ways and in a multiplicity of situations. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Review of Strictly Smokin’ Big Band: Strictly Smokin’ & Friends

Strictly Smokin’ Big Band: Strictly Smokin’ & Friends

Alan Barnes | Anthony Strong | Bruce Adams | Chris Gray | Chris Kurji-Smith | Dave Hignett | Dave Kerridge | Dick Stacey | Gareth Lockrane | Gordon Marshall

Jazz Sounds Records

Rating: ★★★★

North-East based trumpeter Lamb founded the Strictly Smokin’ Big Band in 2004 (see story in Jazzwise 295) and has kept...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Review of Bill Evans: Tales: Live in Copenhagen, 1964

Bill Evans: Tales: Live in Copenhagen, 1964

Bill Evans | Chuck Israels | Eddie Gomez | Larry Bunker | Marty Morell

Editor's Choice

Elemental

Rating: ★★★★

It’s not often that a recording comes along from over half a century ago that has never been released before,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Review of Peter Hand: Blue Topaz

Peter Hand: Blue Topaz

David Janeway | Don Braden, | Eddie Allen | Harvie S | Houston Person | James Weidman | Peter Hand | Steve Johns

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Berklee-trained, the New York guitarist Hand has ranged around the wider upstate New York scene, compiling a decent discography, his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024

Review of Kiefer Trio: Something For Real

Kiefer Trio: Something For Real

Kiefer | Luke Titus | Pera Krstajic

Editor's Choice

Stones Throw/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

When the buzz first started to build around LA-based keyboardist Kiefer circa 2017, it was thanks to his raw self-produced...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2024

Review of Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020

Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Standards) 2020

Alexander Hawkins | Anthony Braxton | Neil Charles | Stephen Davis

Editor's Choice

New Braxton House/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★★

While pursuing his path as an uncompromisingly original composer, Anthony Braxton has regularly visited ‘the tradition’ during his long career....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2021

Review of Jeremy Pelt: Soul

Jeremy Pelt: Soul

Gerald Cleaver | Ivo Perelman | Joe Morris | Karl Berger | Mat Maneri | Matthew Shipp | Michael Bisio | Whit Dickey

Leo

Rating: ★★★★

In the 2011 Jazzwise critics poll listings (December/January issue) both Roy Carr and this writer voted Jeremy Pelt's The Talented...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

Review of Kenny Wheeler: The Complete Black Saint & Soul Note Recordings — Welcome

Kenny Wheeler: The Complete Black Saint & Soul Note Recordings — Welcome

Aldo Romano | Bill Elgart | Billy Elgart | Claudio Fasoli | Daniel Humair | Dave Holland | Fasoli | Furio Di Castri | Jean-François Jenny Clark | John Taylor

Soul Note 5CD Set

Rating: ★★★★

Five CDs in a box – LPs in miniature, in fact. No notes added or booklet over-view provided. The initial...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Review of Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert

Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert

Alice Coltrane | Archie Shepp | Cecil McBee | Clifford Jarvis | Ed Blackwell | Jimmy Garrison | Kumar Kramer | Pharoah Sanders | Tulsi

Editor's Choice

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

On 21 February 1971, Alice Coltrane took to the stage at New York’s Carnegie Hall as part of a benefit...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2024

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