Bill Evans: Complete 1956-1962 Studio Albums
This dovetails neatly with other recent reissues of probably the most influential pianist of the past half-century: namely, the 1961...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2014
Rick Simpson: Semi Wogan
Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Crowley | Jon Scott | Rick Simpson
What an odd title. It's not explained in the liner notes or obviously alluded to in the abstract cover artwork...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2012
The Nels Cline 4: Currents, Constellations
Julian Lage | Nels Cline | Scott Colley | Tom Rainey
Following his gently epic Blue Note debut, Lovers, Cline returns to more familiar territory with a spate of post-bop workouts...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2018
Metamorphic: Coalescence
Andre Canniere | Hannes Riepler | Ivo Neame | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock
This follow-up to their 2011 F-ire debut, The Rock Between, sees the London-based jazz/folk sextet serving up another compelling and...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014
Angélique Kidjo: Spirit Rising
Featuring a selection of Kidjo originals and covers including the Curtis Mayfield classic ‘Move On Up’, Spirit Rising is the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012
Spirit: It Shall Be: The Ode & Epic Recordings 1968-1972
Originally called Spirits Rebellious, after a book of short stories by Lebanese-American writer Khalil Gibran, this phenomenal 1960s US psychedelic...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2018
Magnus Bakken Quartet featuring George Garzone: Cycles
Christian Meaas Svendsen | George Garzone | Jon Audun Baar | Jørn Ølen | Magnus Bakken
Norwegian saxophonist Bakken spent four years at Berklee, where Garzone was one of his teachers, and this debut album neatly...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: March/2016
Warren Wolf: Wolfgang
Warren Wolf is certainly the best new vibes player to emerge in recent years and this, his second outing for...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2013
Petter Eldh’s Koma Saxo: Koma West
The Swedish Berlin-based Petter Eldh is as inventive as he is prolific. He’s a genre-busting adventurer, more known as a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022
Johnny Griffin: Live at Ronnie Scott’s 1964
Jackie Dougan | Johnny Griffin | Malcolm Cecil | Stan Tracey
A simplistic overview of modern jazz tenor saxophone in 1964 would have Stan Getz blowing bossa-nova at one end and...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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