Alex Hitchcock Quintet: Live At The London And Cambridge Jazz Festivals
Alex Hitchcock | James Copus | Jay Davis | Joe Downard | Will Barry
Saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock formed this band for his 2016 postgrad finals at the Royal Academy of Music, and...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018
Fela Ransome Kuti: And His Koola Lobitos
Such has been the seemingly endless flood of Fela Kuti reissues threatening to sweep us all away over the past...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2016
Tia Fuller: Diamond Cut
The inclusion of giants among men in the personnel for this fourth album by alto-saxophonist Fuller is newsworthy. But the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018
Michael Garrick's Lyric Ensemble: Home Thoughts
Chris Nickolls | Matt Ridley | Michael Garrick | Nette Robinson | Tony Woods
The late Michael Garrick's love of poetry is well known and here he's set both his own verse and that...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: August/2012
Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side Of Joe Henderson Featuring Joe Lovano
Joe Henderson always approached latin rhythm from a sly and seductive Blue Note angle. In contrast, trombonist Conrad Herwig and...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood
If Miles Davis had been a generation older and still a talent-spotting genius, he would very likely have hired Immanuel...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2024
Steven Nichols: From Dust
Amund Kleppan | Charlie Rees | John Jones | Reuben Goldmark | Steven Nichols
You may not have heard of trumpeter Steven Nichols, but his pedigree speaks for itself: he has studied and performed...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024
Frank Morgan Allstars: Reflections
Alex Sipiagin | Conrad Herwig | David Kikoski | Igor Butman | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Kenny Davis
The mercurial Morgan, out of jail in 1988, goes head to head with Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson....
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2016
Cecilia Smith: The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project Volume 1
This fabulous album from vibist, composer, arranger and Artistic Director of the Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Cecilia Smith, is...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2023
Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday
Surely one of the most gifted – and, as time may yet reveal – important jazz vocalists of our century,...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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