Review of Andre Canniere Group: Forward Space

Andre Canniere Group: Forward Space

Andre Canniere | George Fogel | Hannes Riepler | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

Whirlwind Records is run by the bassist and promoter Michael Janisch, an American expat who knows how to make things...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

Review of Franco Ambrosetti: Sweet Caress

Franco Ambrosetti: Sweet Caress

Alan Broadbent | Franco Ambrosetti | John Scofield | Peter Erskine | Sarah Caswell | Scott Colley

Enja

Rating: ★★★★

An important figure in European jazz since the 1960s, Ambosetti was a founding member (and later associate director) of fellow...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2024

Review of Stan Getz & Chet Baker: Stan Meets Chet

Stan Getz & Chet Baker: Stan Meets Chet

Carson Smith | Chet Baker | Jodie Christian | Marshall Thompson | Russ Freeman | Shelly Manne | Stan Getz | Victor Sproles

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

This didn't turn out quite the way it was supposed to. On paper it looked like a safe-bet commercial proposition....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2014

Review of Till Brönner and Bob James: On Vacation

Till Brönner and Bob James: On Vacation

Bob James | Christian von Kaphengst | David Haynes | Harvey Mason | Till Brönner | Wolfgang Haffner | Yuri Goloubev

Sony Masterworks

Rating: ★★★

My, this album from German trumpeter/vocalist Till Brönner and US keyboard maestro Bob James, now in his ninth decade, is...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2021

Review of Jacky Terrasson: Take This

Jacky Terrasson: Take This

Adama Diarra | Burniss Earl Travis II | Jacky Terrasson | Lukmil Perez Herrera | Sly Johnson

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start

Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start

Bob Thiele

BGP

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Charles Mingus: Mingus Three

Charles Mingus: Mingus Three

Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | Hampton Hawes

Rhino/Parlophone 9029558203

Rating: ★★★★

Mingus’ most typical and most affecting music was always performed with horns, but in the 1950s he also did a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2022

Review of Ida Sand: The Gospel Truth

Ida Sand: The Gospel Truth

Andres Hedlund | Ida Sand | Mattias Thorell | Thobias Gabrielsson

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

As an eight-year-old girl growing up in Sweden, Ida Sand heard the iconic gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson singing ‘How Great...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2011

Review of Victor Feldman: Swinging on a Star

Victor Feldman: Swinging on a Star

Rick Laird | Ronnie Stephenson | Victor Feldman

Candid Collectors Series

Rating: ★★

“Britain's finest jazz musician, I think,” Ronnie Scott proudly remarks while introducing an old friend to his club on this...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2013

Review of Kenny Baker: Live at the BBC 1957

Kenny Baker: Live at the BBC 1957

Bill Le Sage | Derek Collins | Derek Smith | George Chisholm | Harry Hayes | Harry Klein | Keith Bird | Keith Christie | Kenny Baker | Lennie Bush

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

In his latter years, Kenny Baker reformed the Dozen, and played several festivals and some residencies at the then flourishing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

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