Review of Fay Claassen & David Linx: And Still We Sing

Fay Claassen & David Linx: And Still We Sing

David Linx | Fay Claassen | Magnus Lindgren

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

And Still We Sing would be an outstanding album based purely on the sirenic power of its two outstanding lead...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of Chris Rogers: Voyage Home

Chris Rogers: Voyage Home

Art Baron | Barry Rogers | Chris Rogers | Jay Anderson | Mark Falchook | Michael Brecker | Roger Rosenberg | Steve Johns | Steve Khan | Ted Nash

Art of Life Records

Rating: ★★★★

The tricky post-bop melodies, haunting modal ballads and funky slow burns on this excellent nine track set, were recorded in...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2017

Review of Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk: Mulligan Meets Monk

Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk: Mulligan Meets Monk

Connie Kay | Gerry Mulligan | Miles Davis | Monk | Mulligan | Percy Heath | Shadow Wilson | Thelonious Monk | Wilbur Ware | Zoot Sims

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

Mulligan and Monk had gelled when they'd met previously in various impromptu playing situations, this giving Riverside producer Orrin Keepnews...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2021

Review of Shakti: This Moment

Shakti: This Moment

Ganesh Rajagopalan | John McLaughlin | Selvaganesh Vinayakram | Shankar Mahadevan | Zakir Hussain

Abstract Logix

Rating: ★★★★★

Two years in the making, and 22 years since their last album, Saturday Night In Bombay, Shakti's latest album, This...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2023

Review of Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread

Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread

Carmen Castaldi | Joe Lovano | Marilyn Crispell

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Jazz fans need no introduction to Joe Lovano and his partners in Trio Tapestry, but classical listeners who found things...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2023

Review of Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera Della Sardegna: Sardinia

Chick Corea & Orchestra da Camera Della Sardegna: Sardinia

Chick Corea | Simone Pittau

Editor's Choice

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

Sardinia opens with a performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.24 in C Minor K491 in full – 'Allegro', 'Larghetto; and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2024

Review of Peter Bernstein: Better Angels

Peter Bernstein: Better Angels

Al Foster | Brad Mehldau | Peter Bernstein | Vicente Archer

Smoke Session Records

Rating: ★★★

Now in his late fifties, the guitarist-composer Peter Bernstein has earned a first-class reputation as a top-drawer musician of a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2024

Review of Aaron Parks: Little Big III

Aaron Parks: Little Big III

Aaron Parks | David Ginyard Jr | Greg Tuohey | Jongkuk Kim

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

You have to go all the way back to 2008 for the last time pianist Aaron Parks released an album...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2024

Review of Bobby Hutcherson: Classic Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970

Bobby Hutcherson: Classic Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970

Al Harewood | Albert Stinson | Andrew Hill | Billy Higgins | Bob Cranshaw | Bobby Hutcherson | Chick Corea | Duke Pearson | Freddie Hubbard | Grant Green

Editor's Choice

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

As well as its absorbing musical details, we have here a fascinating insight into Blue Note’s reaction to the winds...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2024

Review of Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62

Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62

Al Casey | Al Haig | Al McKibbon | Benny Green | Big Nick Nicholas | Bill De Arango | Billy Butterfield | Billy Kyle | Billy Taylor | Bob Haggart

Editor's Choice

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★★

In Sarah Vaughan’s centenary year, it’s great to have a reminder of her route to stardom, and this collection manages...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2024

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