Review of Mark Turner: Lathe Of Heaven

Mark Turner: Lathe Of Heaven

Avishai Cohen | Joe Martin | Marcus Gilmore | Mark Turner

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

There may be a great divide between uptempo anthem and downtempo ballad in jazz, but over time many have bridged...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014

Review of Chet Baker: Big Band

Chet Baker: Big Band

Art Pepper | Bill Hood | Bill Perkins | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Burgess | Bob Graf | Bobby Timmons | Bud Shank | Carson Smith | Chet Baker

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Steve Nelson: Brother Under the Sun

Steve Nelson: Brother Under the Sun

Danny Grissett | Lewis Nash | Peter Washington | Steve Nelson

HighNote

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Raph Clarkson’s Dissolute Society: This Is How We Grow

Raph Clarkson’s Dissolute Society: This Is How We Grow

Alisa Clarkson | Alison D’Souza | Arthur O’Hara | Camden New Voices | Dorset and Prospect House School | Durston Court School | Fini Bearman | Gillespie Primary School | John Merriman | John Parricelli

Migu

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Norma Winstone & John Taylor: In Concert

Norma Winstone & John Taylor: In Concert

John Taylor | Norma Winstone

Enodoc

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Sheila Jordan: Live At Mezzrow

Sheila Jordan: Live At Mezzrow

Alan Broadbent | Harvie S | Sheila Jordan

Cellar Music

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Gordon Beck: Jubilation!: Trios, Quartets and Septets in Session 1964-1984

Gordon Beck: Jubilation!: Trios, Quartets and Septets in Session 1964-1984

Chris Pyne | Frank Ricotti | Gordon Beck | Jeff Clyne | John McLaughlin | Johnny Butts | Kenny Wheeler | Ray Warleigh | Ron Mathewson | Tony Oxley

Turtle Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's possible to argue that in many ways some of pianist Gordon Beck’s finest playing was during the three years...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Review of The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'

The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'

Dave Schildkraut | Gil Coggins | Horace Silver | Jackie McLean | JJ Johnson | Kenny Clarke | Lucky Thompson | Miles Davis | Percy Heath

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Miles Davis’ album Walkin’ is one of those albums that should be in every jazz fan’s album collection. Recorded after...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020

Review of Chick Corea: The Musician

Chick Corea: The Musician

Bobby McFerrin | Brian Blade | Chick Corea | Gary Burton | Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | John McLaughlin | Kenny Garrett | Marcus Roberts | Stanley Clarke

Editor's Choice

Concord Records

Rating: ★★★★

Chick Corea's birthday celebrations at New York's famed Blue Note jazz club have grown in length in direct proportion to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2017

Review of Bobby Wellins Quartet: Birds of Brazil

Bobby Wellins Quartet: Birds of Brazil

Bobby Wellins | Chris Karan | Delme String Quartet | Ken Baldock | Kenny Wheeler | Pete Jacobsen | Spike Wells | Tony Coe

Hep

Rating: ★★★

Originally released in 1989 on a Sungai LP, Hep's remastered version comes with Bobby's original notes plus an illuminating essay...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2012

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