Review of Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Luca Caruso | Noah Stoneman | Will Sach

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

To that current extraordinary new wave of young UK jazz pianists (Deschanel Gordon, Sultan Stevenson, Eddie Gripper et al) we...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023

Review of Dom Franks’ Strayhorn: Duality pt.1

Dom Franks’ Strayhorn: Duality pt.1

Anders Olinder | Andrew Tween | Dom Franks | John Paul Gard | Matt Hopkins

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Beginning as an orchestral clarinettist and chorister, Dom Franks studied jazz under Jean Toussaint and became a lover of soul...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: October/2024

Review of Boreal Sun: Dawn

Boreal Sun: Dawn

Billy Adamson | Christopher Hargreaves | Emma Rawicz | Gareth Lockrane | Jon Shenoy | Joshua Blackmore | Lewis Moody | Liselotte Östblom | Matt Roberts | Pedro Segundo

Bridge The Gap

Rating: ★★★★

This project is the work of two high-flying educators and practitioners of modern music: pianist Roberts and singer Östblom, who...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024

Review of Phil Merriman Trio: The Roots Beneath

Phil Merriman Trio: The Roots Beneath

John Williamson | Phil Merriman | Simon Roth

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

This is a collection of original tunes from London-based pianist Phil Merriman, whose bassist John Williamson also appears in this...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Review of The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'

The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'

Dave Schildkraut | Gil Coggins | Horace Silver | Jackie McLean | JJ Johnson | Kenny Clarke | Lucky Thompson | Miles Davis | Percy Heath

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Miles Davis’ album Walkin’ is one of those albums that should be in every jazz fan’s album collection. Recorded after...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020

Review of Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists

Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists

Ashaine White | Dave Boa | Derek Daley | Fiona Ross | Gibbi Bettini | Loren Hignell | Marley Drummond | Nancy Richardson | Warren Woodcraft

Self-released/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

London-based singer and pianist Fiona Ross has a way with a hook and a voice whose sweetness belies its impressive...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2023

Review of Charles Mingus: The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s

Bobby Jones | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | John Foster | Jon Faddis

Editor's Choice

Resonance HLP 9063

Rating: ★★★★

Change has been a constant in the history of black music, but the time in which Charles Mingus led a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022

Review of Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album

Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album

Chet Baker | Dave Frishberg | Jack Marshall | Jack Sheldon | Joe Mondragon | Nick Ceroli

Editor's Choice

Jazz Detective

Rating: ★★★

Several biographical accounts date Chet Baker’s return to playing, after the 1966 assault that cost him his front teeth, to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2024

Review of Album Interview: Quentin Collins Sextet: Road Warrior

Album Interview: Quentin Collins Sextet: Road Warrior

Dan Nimmer | Jean Toussaint | Joe Sanders | Leo Richardson | Meilana Gillard | Quentin Collins | Willie Jones

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

Trumpeter Collins assembled a spectacular line-up for this very impressive album, balancing an all-American rhythm section with a strong UK...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019

Review of Rob Luft: Dahab Days

Rob Luft: Dahab Days

Alice Zawadzki | Byron Wallen | Corrie Dick | Joe Webb | Joe Wright | Laura Senior | Lucy Nolan | Peggy Nolan | Rob Luft | Simmy Singh

Editor's Choice

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rob Luft is always travelling, and as he travels, he absorbs every kind of music in his path, creating hallucinogenic...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2023

Follow us

Jazzwise Print

  • Latest print issues

From £5.83 / month

Subscribe

Jazzwise Digital Club

  • Latest digital issues
  • Digital archive since 1997
  • Download tracks from bonus compilation albums during the year
  • Reviews Database access

From £7.42 / month

Subscribe

Subscribe from only £5.83

Never miss an issue of the UK's biggest selling jazz magazine.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Jazzwise magazine.

Find out more