Karim Saber: Transmission
Alex Wilson | Jack Thomas | John Jones | Karim Saber | Matt Cook
It was Phronesis founder Jasper Høiby who first brought rising guitarist and composer Karim Saber to the attention of Ubuntu...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024
Russell Malone: Love Looks Good On You
Gerald Cannon | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Willie Jones III
Malone is the natural successor to Wes Montgomery and George Benson, a guitar stylist whose limpid touch and unruffled command...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2015
McCoy Tyner Trio: Inception/Reaching Fourth
Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Henry Grimes | McCoy Tyner | Roy Haynes
A two-for-one of Tyner's debut releases as leader. Not surprisingly, Inception is rich with Coltrane-esque echoes as this is the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2012
Erin McDougald: Outside The Soirée
Featuring a smoking hot band which includes Dave Liebman on soprano and tenor saxes plus Tom Harrell on trumpet and...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2018
Cloudmakers Five: Traveling Pulse
Antonin-Tri Hoang | Dave Smith | Hannes Riepler | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch
Jim Hart has been pushing at the boundaries of the art of jazz vibraphone since forming Cloudmakers in 2015, his...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018
Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels
This latest Candid remastered CD and LP stands up well in musical terms, with its backstory and its stylistically mixed...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2024
Various Artists: Cosmic Forest: The Spiritual Sound Of MPS
A label with real kudos among collectors, Germany’s MPS peaked between the early and mid-1970s. The catalogue bulged with recordings...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
James Brandon Lewis: Molecular
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis
For many years now, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has impressed in piano-less trios, and here he maintains high standards in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2021
Sarah Vaughan: The Complete Columbia Singles As & Bs 1949-53
Bennie Green | Jimmy Jones | Miles Davis | Sarah Vaughan
Released in 2018, Acrobat’s impressive 2CD anthology Sarah Vaughan – The Early Years 1944-48 brought together 49 tracks which Vaughan...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2020
Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer
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
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