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
Phil Seamen: Seamen's Mission
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
Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind
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
Hank Mobley: Workout + Hank Mobley Quartet
It probably wasn't meant to be, but when, back in the day, Leonard Feather described Hank Mobley as “middleweight champion...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
James Brandon Lewis quartet: Code Of Being
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis
Having made a fine album with his Red Lily quintet in 2021, Jesup’s Wagon, tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis returns...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: I Long to See You
I Long to See You marks a change of pace for Charles Lloyd; there isn’t anything quite like it in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2016
Cedar Walton: The Bouncer
Cedar Walton | David Williams | Ray Mantilla | Steve Turré | Vincent Herring | Willie Jones III
It’s good to report that Walton, at 77 years old a jazz veteran if ever there was one, has produced...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2011
Various Artists: Jazz from London 1957
A real rarity, this one, a collectors' item that goes far enough back into British modern-jazz history to defeat even...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2013
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