Review of Christian Wolff & Eddie Prévost: Uncertain Outcomes

Christian Wolff & Eddie Prévost: Uncertain Outcomes

Christian Wolff | Eddie Prévost

Matchless Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Christian Wolff, now 83, is the last surviving member of the New York School, a loose coalition of composers that...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: November/2017

Review of Gil Scott-Heron: Free Will

Gil Scott-Heron: Free Will

Brian Jackson | Charles Saunders | David Spinozza | Eddie Knowles | Gil Scott-Heron | Horace Ott | Hubert Laws | Jerry Jemmott | Pretty Purdie

BGP

Rating: ★★★★

BGP's ongoing packaging of Scott-Heron's hallowed Flying Dutchman period brings forth a jewel that has perhaps a little less immediate...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015

Review of Christian Vuust: Urban Hymn

Christian Vuust: Urban Hymn

Aaron Parks | Ben Street | Christian Vuust | Jeff Ballard

Aero Music

Rating: ★★★

This is a very classy tribute album – not, as former indie-kid readers may hazard a guess, to The Verve's...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2014

Review of Christian Muthspiel & Steve Swallow: Simple Songs

Christian Muthspiel & Steve Swallow: Simple Songs

Christian Muthspiel | Steve Swallow

In & Out

Rating: ★★★

This disc from Austrian trombonist Christian Muthspiel and US bassist Steve Swallow would have fitted in seamlessly with ACT's current...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2014

Review of Tom Scott: Blow It Out/Intimate Strangers/Street Beat

Tom Scott: Blow It Out/Intimate Strangers/Street Beat

Tom Scott

BGOCD1121

Rating: ★★

If you must point a finger at a clutch of albums that brought us the inglorious phenomenon that is ‘Smooth...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2013

Review of Kendrick Scott Oracle: We Are The Drum

Kendrick Scott Oracle: We Are The Drum

Joe Sanders | John Ellis | Kendrick Scott | Lizz Wright | Mike Moreno | Taylor Eigisti

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

If good sidemen affect the music of leaders then the converse may also hold true. In some ways this enjoyable...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio: Live in Bern

Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio: Live in Bern

Christof Luty | Jeff Hamilton | Scott Hamilton | Tamir Hendelman

Capri

Rating: ★★★

Scott Hamilton clearly enjoys linking up with sympathetic companions whenever and wherever they appear. Here he teams up with namesake...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Review of The Ronnie Scott Trio: On A Clear Day ‘Live’ 1974

The Ronnie Scott Trio: On A Clear Day ‘Live’ 1974

Bobby Gein | Mike Carr | Ronnie Scott

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

Scott kept a trio going for a decade or so, at first with Tony Crombie on drums, later succeeded by...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Christian Sands: Facing Dragons

Christian Sands: Facing Dragons

Caio Afune | Christian Sands | Cristian Rivera | Jerome Jennings | Keyon Harrold | Marcus Strickland | Roberto Quintero | Yasushi Nakamura

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

At 29 years of age, Christian Sands is reckoned by some to be the leading jazz pianist of his generation....

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of David Linx, Rhoda Scott, André Ceccarelli: Rock My Boat

David Linx, Rhoda Scott, André Ceccarelli: Rock My Boat

André Ceccarelli | David Linx | Rhoda Scott

Naïve

Rating: ★★★

It's difficult to keep up with David Linx's output, such is his prodigious work rate. A typically eclectic 12-track collection,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2012

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