Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole
Saxophonist, composer and poet DePlume displayed a remarkable capacity for writing minimal tunes filled with deeply moving melodies on his...
Reviewed by Ammar Kalia in issue: April/2025
Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Tear To A Smile/Mystic Voyage/Everybody Loves The Sunshine/Vibrations/Lifeline
Given the huge reissue programme that the music of Roy Ayers has undergone since the 1990s, the ‘rare groove’ era...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2025
John Coltrane: European Tour 1961 featuring Eric Dolphy
Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman
Although Eric Dolphy had been friendly with Coltrane in Los Angeles since the 1950s, it was not until a cross...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017
Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse
Following the late 2024 reissue of her debut Finding My Way Home (reviewed in Jazzwise 302) and ahead of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025
Benn Clatworthy: The Pursuit
Benn Clatworthy called his first own-name album Thanks Horace, in recognition of Horace Silver, the pianist and bandleader whose recommendation...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2020
Martin Speake and Douglas Finch: Sound Clouds
One's a jazzer born and bred, the other's a classical musician through and through, but that doesn't stop altoist Martin...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2014
Charlie Byrd: Brazilian Byrd/Hollywood Byrd
Charlie Byrd had kept a low profile before his 1962 Jazz Samba album with Stan Getz, but when his big...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2012
Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson: Diwan
Helen Anahita Wilson | Shahbaz Hussain
Inspired, often off-the-cuff stuff from two musicians whose pairing, unlikely on paper, makes perfect sense on a debut that deftly...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2019
Gustavo Santaolalla and Various artists: On The Road OST
The soundtrack from Walter Salles' recent adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road brings together Kerouac's love of jazz and...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012
Simon Nabatov Trio: Picking Order
Dominik Mahning | Simon Nabatov | Stefan Schönegg
The Russian pianist may be best known for his excellent New York trio with bassist Mark Helias and drummer Tom...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2016
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