Review of Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

Marina Records

Rating: ★★★★

You wait years for one Colin Steele record and then two come along at the same time. With his second...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Review of Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

Bill Evans Trio: Explorations

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott Lafaro | Scott LaFaro | Teddy Kotick

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Following up the expanded publicdomain reissue of Portrait In Jazz on their Poll Winners label (see Jazzwise 151), EJC have...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012

Review of Tubby Hayes: The Best Of Tubby Hayes

Tubby Hayes: The Best Of Tubby Hayes

Ronnie Scott | Tubby Hayes

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

For those who haven't picked up Acrobat's indispensible six-pack of Tubb's entire Tempo output, this single disc is a good...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2014

Review of Kemuel Roig: Genesis

Kemuel Roig: Genesis

Alain Perez | Bayron Ramos | Chris Potter | Ed Calle | Gerardo Rodrgieuz | Hilario Bell | Joel Hernandez | Julio Padron | Kemuel Roig | Lowell Rongel

Life In Music

Rating: ★★★★

For this fifth album, and his first jazz recording as a leader, Miami-based Cuban pianist and composer Kemuel Roig casts...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020

Review of Phronesis: The Behemoth

Phronesis: The Behemoth

Anton Eger | Frankfurt Radio Big Band | Ivo Neame | Jaspar Høiby | Julian Argüelles

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

After a decade faithful to their beloved and classic trio format, Phronesis find themselves borne aloft upon the giant sound...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017

Review of Burak Bedikyan: Circle of Life

Burak Bedikyan: Circle of Life

Bill Stewart | Burak Bedikyan | Chris Potter | Peter Washington

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

It’s almost a given in contemporary jazz that if you have a name and background of a particular ethnic group...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Review of David Kollar: Sculpting in Time

David Kollar: Sculpting in Time

Arve Henriksen | Christian Fennesz | David Kollar | Erik Truffaz | Pat Mastelotto

Hevhetia

Rating: ★★★

How this begins album is not where it ends; musically, it’s a path that splits and diverts. Kollar embraces guitar-related...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: April/2020

Review of Dans les arbres: Canopée

Dans les arbres: Canopée

Christian Wallumrød | Ingar Zach | Ivar Grydeland | Xavier Charles

ECM

Rating: ★★

Collectively written, this may well come across as contemporary classical music. However, essentially it's an introspective improv approach by this...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: September/2012

Review of Dell/Lillinger/Westergaard ft. Bob Degen: Supermodern Vol. II

Dell/Lillinger/Westergaard ft. Bob Degen: Supermodern Vol. II

Bob Degen | Christian Lillinger | Christopher Dell | Jonas Westergaard

HGBS Blue Black Forest Sounds Vinyl Editions

Rating: ★★★★

Beautifully recorded and produced by legendary MPS engineer Friedhelm Schulz at the famous MPS Black Forest studio, this stunning-sounding album...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2024

Review of Michael Dease: Father Figure

Michael Dease: Father Figure

Behn Gilece | Endea Owens | Glenn Zaleski | Immanuel Wilkins | Luther Allison | Markus Howell | Michael Dease

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

While heaping praise on Conrad Herwig for his latest CD for Criss Cross, this writer mentions ‘deep-south’-born Michael Dease as,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

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