Chet Baker: Big Band
Once he was cut loose from Pacific Jazz and left to fend for himself (mainly) in Europe, there was absolutely...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2015
Steve Nelson: Brother Under the Sun
Danny Grissett | Lewis Nash | Peter Washington | Steve Nelson
When pianist Mulgrew Miller died of a stroke in 2013, aged 53, he left a legacy of 15 albums as...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2017
Raph Clarkson’s Dissolute Society: This Is How We Grow
It’s disconcerting at first to hear the children’s voices which define this album, a sound associated with the saccharine and...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2022
Norma Winstone & John Taylor: In Concert
Following a summer 1988 teaching assignment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, singer Norma Winstone and pianist John...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2019
Sheila Jordan: Live At Mezzrow
Alan Broadbent | Harvie S | Sheila Jordan
You wait ages for a new record from the great Sheila Jordan, and along come two at once. Obviously, the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2022
Deelee Dubé: Trying Times
Benito Gonzalez | Corcoran Holt | Deelee Dubé | Mark Whitfield Jr | Russell Malone
Vocalist Deelee Dubé made history when she became the first British winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022
Grover Washington Jnr: The Defnitive Collection
Bob James | Eric Gale | Gary King | Grover Washington Jnr | Ralph McDonald | Richard Tee
The late Philadelphian may have spawned countless inane imitators who micro-waved the tailend of his career in the mid-1990s, which...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2017
David Sylvian: Blemish
David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022
Idris Muhammad: Black Rhythm Revolution!
Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023
David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey
Alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is also an in-demand producer and runs his own record label Mythology. Over a prolific recording...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2022
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