Jasmine Myra: Rising
Jasmine Myra’s music is reasonably considered spiritual jazz, a presumption invited by her presence on Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana label, whose...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2024
Miles Davis: Four Classic Albums
The four classic albums referred to in this collection are Miles Davis & Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet, Miles Davis & The...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022
Paul Combs: Unknown Dameron
This is a record that invites two different approaches to reviewing. Firstly, it presents a dozen unknown, or relatively obscure,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2019
Gerry Mulligan: Concert Jazz Band in Concert
A matter of months after Gerry Mulligan founded his Concert Jazz Band in early 1960, it set off on its...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2023
Marie Kruttli Trio: The Kind of Happy One
Jonathan Barber | Lukas Traxel | Marie Kruttli
This piano trio floats on the wide interface between jazz and classical music, allowing the piano to fall fully into...
Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: June/2020
Modern Jazz Quartet: The Lost Tapes/Germany 1956-1958
Connie Kay | Harald Banter Ensemble | John Lewis | Kurt Edelhagen | Milt Jackson | Percy Heath
Though their popularity was truly international, John Lewis once informed me that from the very start the MJQ's most appreciative...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Southbound
Jack Davies | Jon Ormston | Rob Cope | Tom Taylor
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
GoGo Penguin
Chris Illingworth | Nick Blacka | Rob Turner
Much of the beauty of the new London jazz scene has been the music's reunion with black listeners, a replenishment...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2020
Lou Rawls: Black and Blue
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago with Sam Cooke (who was three years his elder) and the Staple...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017
Robert Mitchell: The Glimpse
Many artists argue that restriction if not limitation can lead to great creative heights and in daring to take...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015
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