Review of Karin Krog: The Many Faces of Karin Krog

Karin Krog: The Many Faces of Karin Krog

Karin Krog

Odin

Rating: ★★★★

Thanks to executive producer Helge Westbye and the good people at Odin Records, the extraordinary depth and breadth of vocalist...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2017

Review of Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling

Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling

Cecil Brooks | Danny Ray Thompson | Dave Davis | Dave Hotep | Elson Nascimento | Farid Barron | James Stewart | Knoel Scott | Marshall Allen | Michael Ray

Editor's Choice

Strut Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Since becoming the musical director of Sun Ra's Arkestra in 1993, long standing member Marshall Allen has diligently orbited Ra's...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2020

Review of Humphrey Lyttelton: 1959

Humphrey Lyttelton: 1959

Armit | Bert Courtley | Bobby Pratt | Brian Brocklehurst | Brocklehurst | Coe | Eddie Blair | Eddie Harvey | Eddie Taylor | Humphrey Lyttelton

Lake

Rating: ★★★★

This is a successor to the earlier Lake reissue of Humph's mainstream octet albums from 1957-58 (see Jazzwise 132) and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010

Review of Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn: The People I Love

Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn: The People I Love

Craig Taborn | Damion Reid | Matt Brewer | Steve Lehman

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Over the past decade Lehman has proved himself a thrilling forward thinker, recording several albums that vividly capture Internet Age...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Review of Michael Leonhart Orchestra: The Normyn Suites

Michael Leonhart Orchestra: The Normyn Suites

Michael Leonhart | Michael Leonhart Orchestra

Editor's Choice

Sunnyside Records

Rating: ★★★★

The eponymous subject of this moving and powerful album is the bandleader Michael Leonhart’s 15-year-old mini dachshund, for whom the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2022

Review of Miles Davis: Original Album Series

Miles Davis: Original Album Series

Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Elliott Zigmund | Joe LaBarbera | Larry Schneider | Marc Johnson | Toots Thielemans

Rhino/Warner

Rating: ★★★★

Included here is Davis' Parthian shot for a major label, the final five studio albums he made for the Warner...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2016

Review of Azar Lawrence: The Seeker

Azar Lawrence: The Seeker

Azar Lawrence | Benito Gonzalez | Essiet Okon Essiet | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Nicholas Payton

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

Of all the post-Coltrane tenor saxophonists, arguably the most outstanding and least recognised must surely be Azar Lawrence. His youthful...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2014

Review of Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where The River Goes

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where The River Goes

Ambrose Akinmusire | Brad Mehldau | Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier | Wolfgang Muthspiel

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

With Rising Grace in 2016, the Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel confirmed his stature on the world stage all the more...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2018

Review of Ralph Alessi: It's Always Now

Ralph Alessi: It's Always Now

Bänz Oester | Florian Weber | Gerry Hemingway | Ralph Alessi

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

For over three decades, the American trumpeter Ralph Alessi has been a sought-after multi-stylistic virtuoso sideman, and in more recent...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2023

Review of Milton Suggs with Michael King : Pure Intention

Milton Suggs with Michael King : Pure Intention

Michael King | Milton Suggs

Imani Records

Rating: ★★★★

Pure Intention is Milton Suggs’ second vocal-piano duo album, the first being his 2010 album Just Like Me recorded with...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2024

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