Review of Solstice: Alimentation

Solstice: Alimentation

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone

Two Rivers Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts

Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts

Dave Rempis | Hamid Drake | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jeff Parker | Jeremy Cunningham

Aerophonic

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969

Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969

Alan Rushton | Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Ron Mathweson | Roy Fry

Jazz In Britain JIB-74-S-CD

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of The Jazz Makers: Ronnie Ross & Allan Ganley

The Jazz Makers: Ronnie Ross & Allan Ganley

Allan Ganley | Art Ellefson | Bill Eyden | Brian Dee | Harry Klein | Malcolm Cecil | Ronnie Ross | Stan Jones | Stan Wasser | Tony Mann

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of John Coltrane: 1963: New Directions

John Coltrane: 1963: New Directions

Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Roy Haynes

Rating: ★★★★

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

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

Review of Peter Gall: Love Avatar

Peter Gall: Love Avatar

Matthias Pichler | Peter Gall | Rainer Böhm | Reinier Baas | Wanja Slavin

Compost Records

Rating: ★★★

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

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 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

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