Solstice: Alimentation
Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone
For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017
Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts
Dave Rempis | Hamid Drake | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jeff Parker | Jeremy Cunningham
Jeff Parker is probably still best known for contributing guitar to the intricate, genre-hopping compositions of Chicagoan post-rock group Tortoise...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2021
Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969
Alan Rushton | Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Ron Mathweson | Roy Fry
Until now, one of the best releases on the excellent Jazz In Britain label has been 2020’s Spontaneous Event, containing...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025
The Jazz Makers: Ronnie Ross & Allan Ganley
A clever and interesting pairing by Jordi Pujol. Two of the best British jazz groups at the end of the...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014
John Coltrane: 1963: New Directions
Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Roy Haynes
It took the name John Coltrane, who may have died in 1967 but whose influence still shapes the sound of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2019
Rob Luft: Dahab Days
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
Peter Gall: Love Avatar
Matthias Pichler | Peter Gall | Rainer Böhm | Reinier Baas | Wanja Slavin
Bavarian-born drummer Peter Gall has an impressive pedigree, which includes work with the New York Voices, Take 6, and the...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024
Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album
Chet Baker | Dave Frishberg | Jack Marshall | Jack Sheldon | Joe Mondragon | Nick Ceroli
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
The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'
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
Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists
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
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