Review of Joe Henderson: Power To The People

Joe Henderson: Power To The People

Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | Joe Henderson | Mike Lawrence | Ron Carter

Editor's Choice

Milestone/Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series

Rating: ★★★★

If Hard Bop musicians wanted to loosen their tie in the late 1960s there were three popular ways of doing...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2024

Review of Album Interview: Fatoumata Diawara: Fatou

Album Interview: Fatoumata Diawara: Fatou

Fatoumata Diawara | Guimba Kouyate | Hilaire Penda | Jean Paul Jones | John Groncamps | Leon Richard | Moh Kouyate | Ousmane Keita | Seb Rochford | Sola Akingbola

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★

The Malian singer/songwriter and former backing vocalist Fatoumata Diawara – aka Fatou – is currently making waves with her sweet-voiced...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011

Review of Various Artists: Blue Note Re:imagined II

Various Artists: Blue Note Re:imagined II

Binker Golding | Cherise | Conor Albert | Daniel Casimir | Ego Ella May | Jon Moody | Kay Young | Marco Bernardis | Maya Delilah | Ned Franc

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

Don Was has maintained Blue Note's identity within the UMG monolith by broadening its range and deepening its roots, welcoming...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Loose Tubes: Arriving

Loose Tubes: Arriving

Ashley Slater | Chris Batchelor | Dai Pritchard | Dave Powell | Django Bates | Eddie Parker | Iain Ballamy | John Eacott | John Harborne | John Parricelli

Lost Marble

Rating: ★★★★

Here's the highly-anticipated third and final instalment in the ‘live’ trilogy of recordings from Loose Tubes' farewell residency at Ronnie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Review of International Jazz Group/André Persiany In New York:

International Jazz Group/André Persiany In New York:

André Persiany | Arvell Shaw | Budd Johnson | Charlie Smith | Dick Vance | Eddie Barefield | Ernie Royal | George Berg | Gus Johnson | Henderson Chambers

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

This very welcome reissue rescues two albums, originally issued on French Pathé-Marconi’s Columbia label (and duplicated on Swing, but never...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2016

Review of Ahmad Jamal: Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing

Ahmad Jamal: Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing

Ahmad Jamal

Vouge/Chess

Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing was a defining moment in the career of pianist Ahmad Jamal – it stayed on...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2020

Review of Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer

Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer

Airto Moreira | Dave McDaniel | Herbie Hancock | Milton Nascimento | Roberto Silva | Wagner Tiso | Wayne Shorter

Columbia/Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

Native Dancer represented Shorter's growing fascination with Portuguese and Brazilian culture following his marriage to his Portuguese wife Ana Maria...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Review of Jimi Hendrix: Both Sides of The Sky

Jimi Hendrix: Both Sides of The Sky

Billy Cox | Buddy Miles | Dallas Taylor | Jimi Hendrix | Johnny Winter | Lonnie Youngblood | Mitch Mitchell | Noel Redding | Stephen Stills

Experience Hendrix/Sony Legacy

Rating: ★★★

This third volume, in what is referred to as a trilogy of Hendrix archive releases covering 2010's Valleys of Neptune...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2018

Review of Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Bobby Jaspar | Christian Garros | Connie Kay | Herman Mutschler | Horst Jankowski | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Lester Young | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers

In Crowd Records

Rating: ★★★★

Of these three Miles Davis albums, the 2-CD from Storyville must be seen as the most valuable because of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2012

Review of Janel Leppin & Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is To Love

Janel Leppin & Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is To Love

Anthony Pirog | Brian Settles | Janel Leppin | Larry Ferguson | Luke Stewart | Sarah Hughes

Cuneiform

Rating: ★★★

Here's a pair of very different releases from the wondrous Cuneiform label, both of them featuring cellist Janel Leppin and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2024

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