Review of Brad Shepik: Dream Of The Possible

Brad Shepik: Dream Of The Possible

Amino Belyamani | Brad Shepik | John Hadfield | Layale Chaker | Sam Minaie

Shifting Paradigm Records

Rating: ★★★

Shepik is a versatile and accomplished guitarist who spent time as a sideman for Paul Motian as well as leading...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024

Review of New Regency Orchestra

New Regency Orchestra

Alexa Nava | Chris Williams | Eikel Venegas | Eliane Correa | Ernesto Marichales | Flavio Correa | Frank Portuondo | George Crowley | Jack Banjo Courtney | Joe Bristow

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

NRO is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big band with a vibe straight out of the Nuyorican barrios and a repertoire variously...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2024

Review of Peter & Will Anderson: Clarinet Summit

Peter & Will Anderson: Clarinet Summit

David Wong | Ken Peplowski | Kenny Washington | Paquito D'Rivera | Peter Anderson | Tardo Hammer | Will Anderson

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★★

Here's the Danish-owned SteepleChase label dipping into the current New York swing scene rather than pursuing its more usual hard-bop...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2017

Review of Foxes Fox: Live at the Vortex

Foxes Fox: Live at the Vortex

Evan Parker | John Edwards | Kenny Wheeler | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Steve Beresford

Psi

Rating: ★★★★

How many records merely hint at the kind of empathy and interplay heard here but leave the listener wondering like...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: July/2012

Review of Houston Person: I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Houston Person: I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Eddie Allen | Houston Person | Kenny Washington | Lafayette Harris | Matthew Parish | Rodney Jones

HighNote

Rating: ★★★★

Person, arguably the last of the big-toned tenors and now aged 84, has always been his own man. Self-managed and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2019

Review of Imperial Triumphant: Vile Luxury

Imperial Triumphant: Vile Luxury

Andromeda Anarchia | Kenny Grohowski | Sarai Chrzanowski | Steve Blanco | Will Smith | Yoshiko Oharaz | Zachary Ilya Ezrin

Gilead Media

Rating: ★★★★

Does black metal have a place in the progression of jazz music? In the case of New York experimental metal...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Noel Langley: Edentide

Noel Langley: Edentide

Alcyona Mick | Asaf Sirkis | Keith Fairbairn | Kenny Dickenson | Laurence Cottle | Noel Langley | Ruth Wall | Zoltan Dekany

Suntara

Rating: ★★★★

Like the Severn Bore, Langley's debut has been a long time coming, but, ye gods, it's spectacular now it's here....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014

Review of Peter Erskine: Juni

Peter Erskine: Juni

John Taylor | Palle Danielsson | Peter Erskine

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

One of the most notable but relatively short-lived piano trios of the 1990s was an all-star British-Swedish-American affair. There were...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019

Review of Dave Jones: Unfinished Sentences

Dave Jones: Unfinished Sentences

Barrie Nathan | Dave Jones | Dave Trigwell | Herbie Flowers | John Piper | Les Cirkel | Mike Harris | Nick Hill | Robin Jones

Dave Jones Jazz DJT 011

Rating: ★★★

British pianist Dave Jones recorded this album while studying for a master’s degree at Kingston University in 1999 (with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2022

Review of Camilla George Quartet: Isang

Camilla George Quartet: Isang

Camilla George | Daniel Casimir | Femi Koleoso | Sarah Tandy

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

British audiences will have noted George in a variety of settings, from the horn section of Jazz Jamaica to Nerija...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

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