Review of Fareed Haque: Out Of Nowhere

Fareed Haque: Out Of Nowhere

Billy Hart | Corey Healey | Doug Wiez | Fareed Haque | George Mraz | John Tate | Rob Clearfield | Salar Nader

Charleston Square

Rating: ★★★

Personally I'm always banjaxed by phrases likes ‘he's a guitarist's guitarist’. But perhaps it applies to Haque, who has a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2014

Review of Jas Kayser: 5ive

Jas Kayser: 5ive

Ash Kayser | Ava Joseph | Christos Stylianides | Daisy George | Giacomo Smith | Jamie Leeming | Jas Kayser | Joao Caetano | Mark Hurrell

Jazz re:freshed

Rating: ★★★

Drummer Jas Kayser has already made an impression before the release of this debut as a leader, playing with such...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2022

Review of Pat Thomas: Desafinado/Moody's Mood

Pat Thomas: Desafinado/Moody's Mood

Blue Moon

Rating: ★★★

No, not the Oxford-based keyboard improviser. This Pat is an underrated Chicagoan singer of the 1960s, who romps her way...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Review of Marquis Hill: The Poet

Marquis Hill: The Poet

Skiptone

Rating: ★★★

A Chicago-based trumpeter leads his Blacktet in a set of originals that are a kind of post-CTI version of hard...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Review of Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club II 1965-1966

Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club II 1965-1966

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Mike Carr | Mike Garrick, | Trevor Tomkins

Rhythm and Blues Records

Rating: ★★★★

Garrick replaced Colin Purbrook in this group early in 1965, and it’s this revised line-up and three more of their...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021

Review of Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions

Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions

Sony Classical

Rating: ★★

This Grammy-winning classical guitarist’s friends are also her heroes; Stanley Jordan and Steve Vai are among the contributors on these...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell

John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell

Art Taylor | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Kenny Burrell | Paul Chambers | Red Garland | Tommy Flanagan

Jazz Images

Rating: ★★★★

The Jazz Images label’s Francis Wolff Series recycles pictures, often previously unseen, taken by the legendary co-owner of Blue Note...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2019

Review of The Claudia Quintet with Gary Versace: Royal Toast

The Claudia Quintet with Gary Versace: Royal Toast

Chris Speed | Drew Gress | Gary Versace | John Hollenbeck | Matt Moran | Ted Reichman

Cuneiform

Rating: ★★★

It's becoming increasingly easy to position John Hollenbeck somewhere between Frank Zappa and Philip Glass on the spectrum of ‘Great...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2010

Review of Ran Blake/Christine Correa: When Soft Rains Fall

Ran Blake/Christine Correa: When Soft Rains Fall

Ran Blake

Red Piano Records

Rating: ★★★

The latest in a lengthy series of recordings for this label featuring the duo of Blake and Correa, with her...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2020

Review of Michael Rosen: Sweet 17

Michael Rosen: Sweet 17

Bill Stewart | Domenico Sanna | Lage Lund | Matt Penman | Michael Rosen | Ralph Alessi

Via Veneto Jazz

Rating: ★★★

With Bill Stewart's uber-sensitive cymbals pinging sweetly over Matt Penman's steady pulse, this CD was never going to be dull....

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2016

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