Review of Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia

Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia

Adam Waldmann | Dave Smith | Jasper Høiby | Sam Crowe | Will Davies

F-IRE

Rating: ★★★★

Here's proof that the newest wave of UK jazz musicians don't need to play music that kicks arse in order...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Review of Solstice: Alimentation

Solstice: Alimentation

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone

Two Rivers Records

Rating: ★★★

For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Review of Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts

Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts

Dave Rempis | Hamid Drake | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jeff Parker | Jeremy Cunningham

Aerophonic

Rating: ★★★★

Jeff Parker is probably still best known for contributing guitar to the intricate, genre-hopping compositions of Chicagoan post-rock group Tortoise...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2021

Review of The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express

The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express

Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch | Ralph Alessi

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The versatile first-call vibraphonist Jim Hart has recently been nominated in the vibes category for the 2012 Downbeat poll, a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Review of Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions

Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions

Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

The closest forerunner to the newest incarnation of the iconoclastic The Bad Plus –founder members Reid Anderson and Dave King...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024

Review of Jared Gold: Reemergence

Jared Gold: Reemergence

Billy Hart | Dave Stryker | Jared Gold | Jeremy Pelt

Strikezone

Rating: ★★★

Jared Gold's annual releases on the Posi-Tone label established him as a technically advanced organist whose fluent lines and precision...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2018

Review of Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B

Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B

Bill Carrothers | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Seamus Blake

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

It was Larry Coryell, the 1970s fusion star and enduring guitar-jazz favourite – on an Irish studio session that turned...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022

Review of The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'

The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'

Dave Schildkraut | Gil Coggins | Horace Silver | Jackie McLean | JJ Johnson | Kenny Clarke | Lucky Thompson | Miles Davis | Percy Heath

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Miles Davis’ album Walkin’ is one of those albums that should be in every jazz fan’s album collection. Recorded after...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020

Review of Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists

Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists

Ashaine White | Dave Boa | Derek Daley | Fiona Ross | Gibbi Bettini | Loren Hignell | Marley Drummond | Nancy Richardson | Warren Woodcraft

Self-released/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

London-based singer and pianist Fiona Ross has a way with a hook and a voice whose sweetness belies its impressive...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2023

Review of Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album

Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album

Chet Baker | Dave Frishberg | Jack Marshall | Jack Sheldon | Joe Mondragon | Nick Ceroli

Editor's Choice

Jazz Detective

Rating: ★★★

Several biographical accounts date Chet Baker’s return to playing, after the 1966 assault that cost him his front teeth, to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2024

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