Review of stillefelt

stillefelt

Chris Mapp | Percy Pursglove | Thomas Seminar Ford

Stoney Lane

Rating: ★★★

A single live recording sliced into six tracks, stillefelt appears to gut itself of rules, such as structure, so as...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: July/2020

Review of OPUS 5: Progression

OPUS 5: Progression

Alex Sipiagin | Boris Koslov | David Kikoski | Donald Edwards | Seamus Blake

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

This is a regular gigging group of Mingus Big Band members. The deal came about when Blake called producer Gerry...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2014

Review of Mahavishnu Orchestra: Birds of Fire

Mahavishnu Orchestra: Birds of Fire

Billy Cobham | Jan Hammer | Jerry Goodman | John McLaughlin | Rick Laird

AudioFidelity

Rating: ★★★★★

By common consent the finest of all the original Mahavishnu Orchestra's recorded output, this Limited Edition SACD – even if...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2015

Review of Marc Cary Focus Trio: Live 2009

Marc Cary Focus Trio: Live 2009

David Ewell | Marc Cary | Sameer Gupta

Motéma

Rating: ★★★

Although Marc Cary's name is possibly not the first to spring to mind if talk turned to key figures in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2011

Review of Sasha Mashin: Outsidethebox

Sasha Mashin: Outsidethebox

Alex Sipiagin | Alexey Bekker | Alexey Ivannikov | Andrey Krasilnikov | Anoton Davidyants | Daria Chernakova | Evgeny Pobozhiy | Hiske Oosterwijk | Josh Evans | Makir Novikov

Rainy Days Music

Rating: ★★★

The ripped-paper press roll and whiz round the kit that opens this album is the only clue that a drummer...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2018

Review of Don Ellis: How Time Passes/New Ideas/Jazz Jamboree '62

Don Ellis: How Time Passes/New Ideas/Jazz Jamboree '62

Charlie Persip | Don Ellis | Jaki Byard | Ron Carter

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

The same Don Ellis that made the jazz world sit-up in the mid-1960s and 1970s with a big band that...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015

Review of Gavin Barras Quintet: Day of Reckoning

Gavin Barras Quintet: Day of Reckoning

Corey Mwamba | Dave Walsh | Ed Jones | Gavin Barras | Steve Plews

ASC Records

Rating: ★★★★

Cumbria-born double bassist Gavin Barras composed the material for this debut recording in the back of a car returning from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Review of Terell Stafford: Forgive and Forget

Terell Stafford: Forgive and Forget

Greg Williams | Kevin Hays | Rodney Green | Terell Stafford | Tim Warfield

Herb Harris Music

Rating: ★★★

Like so many of his contemporaries, trumpeter Stafford has settled in to the twin roles of educator and travelling soloist,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2017

Review of Aki Rissanen: Another North

Aki Rissanen: Another North

Aki Rissanen | Antti Lötjönen | Teppo Mäkynen

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

In March 2016, Rissanen was the subject of a Taking Off piece in Jazzwise magazine to celebrate Amorandom, his debut...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2018

Review of Eric Gale: Part Of You/Touch Of Silk

Eric Gale: Part Of You/Touch Of Silk

Allen R. Toussaint | Anthony Jackson | Arthur Blythe | Bernadette Randle | Charles Earland | David Barard | David Grusin | Eric Gale | Gary Brown | Grover Washington Jr

BGO

Rating: ★★★

What's not to love about Eric Gale? Every student guitarist should disappear into a deep dark hole with his releases...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2013

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