Album Interview: Jacob Collier: In My Room
Having received accolades from the likes of Quincy Jones (‘absolutely mind-blowing’), Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, this debut...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016
Simon Spillett Big Band: Dear Tubby H
Everything about this first-ever release on drummer Pete Cater’s new mister PC label exudes class. The look of the album,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring: Friendly Fire
Carl Allen | Eric Alexander | Herring | John Webber | Mike Le Donne
If you're into hard-swinging ‘live’ jazz performed by master musicians, rooted in the tradition but modern-minded, in front of an...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2012
Dave Brubeck: Time Further Out
Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Benjamin | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond
Time Further Out was Dave Brubeck's follow-up to his hugely successful Time Out, which explored varied time signatures and which...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015
Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia
Adam Waldmann | Dave Smith | Jasper Høiby | Sam Crowe | Will Davies
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
Jimmy Heath Sextet: The Thumper/The Quota
The middle Heath brother has been on the scene since the late-1940s, starting out with trumpeter Howard McGhee (their group...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2012
Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits Live from the Lobero
Charles Lloyd has been an unacknowledged genius working in plain sight for far too long. Ever since his remarkable series...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live in London 1966
Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond
Dave Brubeck has always been somewhat misunderstood by the critics, the late Benny Green a dedicated opponent of Brubeck's brand...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2012
Barney Kessel: The Barney Kessel Story: Honey Rock 1954-1962
Here’s a good-value double-disc compendium of Barney Kessel performances largely culled from the albums issued under his name from 1954–62...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2023
Peter Brötzmann/Heather Leigh/Fred Lonberg-Holm: Naked Nudes
Fred Lonberg-Holm | Heather Leigh | Peter Brötzmann
Saxophonist Peter Brötzmann has long enjoyed the possibilities afforded by configurations that sit well outside the boundaries of conventional jazz...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
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