George Crowley: Can of Worms
Dan Nicholls | George Crowley | Jon Scott | Sam Lasserson | Tom Challenger
While Sunderland-born tenor saxophonist George Crowley's 2011 debut Paper Universe was a fairly orthodox slice of energetic post-bop, the new...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015
Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland
Allison Miller | Dayna Stephens | Myra Melford | Scott Colley
Myra Melford and Allison Miller have a history together. Melford may seem to have the more heavyweight avant-garde credentials –...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2024
Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums – Second Set
A previous collection in Avid's series covered Gordon's sadly brief surfacing in 1955 and the start of his more permanent...
Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: August/2019
Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Legendary Quartet/Quintet Sessions
There can never be enough Adderley and, if this isn't his best, it's still most welcome. The three albums here...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2014
Cong Fusion: The World as We Know It
Alan Shorty | Andrew Seeman | Flo Moor | Joe Malone | Rowan Porteous | Ryan McCafferey | Tom Ridout
If you’ve heard Flo Moor sneaking round the complexities of an Allan Holdsworth song in an easesome style, or replicating...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2022
Vein: Vote for Vein
Florian Arbenz | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns
The cover is a mistake. Let's get that out of the way immediately. In a garish pastiche of a party-political...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014
Oltremare Quartet: Uncommon Nonsense
Andrea Di Biase | Antonio Zambrini | Jon Scott | Michael Chillingworth
This Italo-British quartet aims to bridge the divide between the rhythmic and harmonic sensibilities of British jazz giants such as...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012
Hampton Hawes: For Real!
Frank Butler | Hampton Hawes | Harold Land | Scott LaFaro
Creating headlines like ‘Junkie Jazzman Pardoned by President’, Hampton Hawes’ career was never short of controversy. Indeed, the pianist’s hyper-candid...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2024
Frank Wright: Blues For Albert Ayler
Benny Wilson | Frank Wright | James Blood Ulmer | Rashied Ali
A fitting homage to Albert Ayler, this performance reaches boiling point at an early stage. The combination of Wright's hearty,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2012
Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith: Celebration
Arild Andersen | Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith
Bassist Arild Andersen's critically acclaimed trio with Tommy Smith on saxophone has toured extensively and recorded for ECM – Live...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012
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