Pierrick Pédron: Kubic's Monk
Ambrose Akinmusire | Frank Agulhon | Pierrick Pédron | Thomas Bramerie
Yes, I know. Yet another Monk tribute album. Actually, this one is very good, but do let's have a moratorium...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
The End: Svärmod Och Vermod Är Vårdesinnen
Anders Hana | Greg Saunier | Kjetil Møster | Mats Gustafsson | Sofia Jernber
Formed by baritone saxophone players Mats Gustafsson and Kjetil Møster, The End are an intense, hi-energy free jazz/altrock collective whose...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2018
Art Pepper Quartet: Live At Fat Tuesday's
Al Foster | Art Pepper | George Mraz | Milcho Leviev
Having staged a remarkable comeback after many years of tribulation that would have buried a lesser person, Art Pepper knew...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth Big Band: Truth, Liberty & Soul: Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording
When Jaco Pastorius formed his Word of Mouth big band it was as a sort of anti-reaction to his six-year...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2017
Bill Evans: Empathy + Pike's Peak
This is relatively minor Evans, but interesting nevertheless. Dating from the year following Scott LaFaro's death, it avoids his new...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2013
Chip Wickham: Cloud 10
Manchester’s Gondwana Records, under its founder Matthew Halsall, has provided a home for a parallel stream of contemporary UK jazz,...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2022
Hannes Riepler: The Brave
Hannes Riepler | Jon Scott | Kit Downes | Ryan Trebilcock | Tom Challenger
Originally from Innsbruck in Austria, guitarist Hannes Riepler came to London via study in Amsterdam and has been running regular...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: August/2012
Michael Mayo: Fly
Linda May Han Oh | Michael Mayo | Nate Smith | Scott Mayo | Shai Maestro | Valerie Pinkston
Mayo’s debut album, Bones, was a work of startling originality with a sound world which referenced everything from The Beach...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2024
Jacky Terrasson: Take This
Adama Diarra | Burniss Earl Travis II | Jacky Terrasson | Lukmil Perez Herrera | Sly Johnson
The New York-based pianist-keyboardist Jacky Terrasson put on a playfully exhilarating performance at the Ronnie Scott's Piano Trio Festival last...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015
Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start
With its irreverent message to buyers to only pay a single album price for the double album on the front...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
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