Wes Montgomery: So Much Guitar!/Montgomery Brothers in Canada

brothers Monk | Buddy | Hank Jones | Lex Humphries | Paul Humphrey | Ray Barretto | Ron Carter | Wes Montgomery

The first eight tracks here come from the album, which helped establish Wes Montgomery as a global guitar superstar. Though...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2012

Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Dafydd Williams | Dave Hamblett | Freddie Gavita | George Crowley | Jon Stokes | ohn Turville | Richard Turner | Tamar Osborn | Yuriy Galkin

Since making his home in London first to take up a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in...

Reviewed by in issue: March/2012

Phil Seamen: Seamen's Mission

Albert Hall | Benny Green | Billy Olu Shoanke | Bob Burns | Bobby Lamb | Bobby Pratt | Cliff Townsend | Coleridge Goode | Dave Usden | Derek Humble

Over half the material contained in this indispensible four-CD box was originally created for the Tempo label under the keen-eared...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2011

Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: Joyriding

Dave Newton | Derek Nash | Geoff Gascoyne | Martin Shaw | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom | Winston Rollins

Derek Nash is a busy man. He’s a key member of Jools Holland’s hard-touring Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, leader of...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2011

The Ray Russell Quartet: Spontaneous Event – Live Vol.1: 1967-69

Alan Rushton | Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Ron Fry | Ron Mathewson

For aficionados of British jazz, guitarist Ray Russell is a tantalising if not downright frustrating prospect: a formidable talent who...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Lookout Farm: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

Dave Liebman was still with Miles Davis when he recorded Lookout Farm (ECM) in 1973, leaving the trumpet player's band...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyōbin

Dave Holland | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | John Stevens | Kenny Wheeler

It’s an alarming thought that the Spontaneous Music Ensemble’s Karyōbin – widely considered to be a founding document of British...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2018

Houston Person: Live in Paris

Ben Paterson | Houston Person | Peter Bernstein | Willie Jones III

Person and company were in Paris for Festival Jazz a la Villette, their set recorded by France Musique and how...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Fred Thomas/Zac Gvirtzman: Living Standards

Ben Davis | Fred Thomas | Johnny Brierley | Louisa Jones | Zac Gvirtzman

London-based young multi-instrumentalists Fred Thomas and Zac Gvirtzman (Gvirt for short), have collaborated in various other sonic dimensions (Fly Agaric,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Joe Bushkin: Live at the Embers 1952

This was pianist Bushkin's rival to the Jonah Jones quartet, with Buck Clayton in the solo trumpet role, and the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2017