A mighty confirmation of Byas!: Don Byas: Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946
Considering Don Byas’ place in the tenor scheme of things, the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD is unequivocal: “Byas...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2024
Butcher/Lash/Russell/Sanders: Discernment
Dominic Lash | John Butcher | John Russell | Mark Sanders
Bristol-based double bass player Dominic Lash has a been a steadfast and scholarly figure in the UK improvised music community...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2021
Gary Burton Quartet: Duster/Country Roads & Other Places
Gary Burton | Jerry Hahn | Larry Coryell | Roy Haynes
Several labels have chimed-in during recent times with reissues of Burton's precocious work as a teenager when contracted to RCA...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2014
Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano: Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane
Billy Hart | Dave Liebman | Joe Lovano | Phil Markowitz | Ron McClure
Originally recorded in June 2007 for Jazz on 3 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Coltrane's death on 17 July...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2017
Out of Necessity…: Paul Taylor: Via
The fourth edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music was set to run in October 2020 until...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021
Out of Necessity…: Laura Toxværd with Jacob Anderskov and Maria Faust: Calling – Graphic Notation in 3 Parts
Jacob Anderskov | Laura Toxværd | Maria Faust
The fourth edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music was set to run in October 2020 until...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021
Gary Burton: Conception: Anthology of Early Landmark Recordings
Several labels have chimed-in during recent times with reissues of Burton's precocious work as a teenager when contracted to RCA...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2014
Out of Necessity…: John Pope Quintet: Mixed With Glass
Faye MacCalman | Graham Hardy | Jamie Stockbridge | John Pope | Johnny Hunter
The fourth edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music was set to run in October 2020 until...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021
José James: No Beginning No End
Cynics may decry this latest chapter in the 33 year-old American vocalist's career as his lunge for the commercial jugular...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2013
Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda
Alex Garnett | James Maddren | Liam Noble | Michael Janisch | Tim Armacost
Our interview with highly regarded US tenor-saxophonist Tim Armacost (Jazzwise 185, August 2014) set the stage for this release, the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015
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