Al Jarreau: We Got By
Released in 1975 and featuring string and horn arrangements by Dave Grusin, Al Jarreau's critically acclaimed and entirely self-penned debut...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2015
Kenny Garrett: Seeds From The Underground
Benito Gonzalez | Kenny Garrett | Nat Reeves | Nedelka Prescod | Ronald Bruner | Rudy Bird
You have to kiss a lot of toads before you meet the handsome prince, as my dear old mum used...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012
Kristjan Randalu & New Wind Jazz Orchestra: Sisu
The pianist-composer Kristjan Randalu is one of the better-known contemporary jazz ambassadors from the small yet open-minded jazz scene in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2023
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and What’s Next?: THE RISE UP: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration
Where saxophonist/conceptualist Dave Liebman gets his energy from is anybody's guess. His creativity seems to function at full throttle 365...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2020
Warren Wolf: Convergence
Brad Mehldau | Christian McBride | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | John Scofield | Warren Wolf
The vibraphonist has some really heavyweight company for this, his third US album, including his boss from the Inside Straight...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: July/2016
Richie Beirach: Leaving
Now aged 75, pianist Richie Beirach made an album with the same title in 1976, a duo set with reeds...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2023
VEIN: The Chamber Music Effect
Florian Arbenz | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns
Swiss trio VEIN are masters of musical interplay. Over the course of the last decade they've developed fruitful collaborations with...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2017
Paul Desmond: Easy Living
Enrico Rava | Gianluca Petrella | Roberto Gatto | Rosario Bonaccorso | Stefano Bollani
Although I asked Dave Brubeck if there was a gentleman's agreement between him and the late Paul Desmond whereby the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019
Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio
Dizzy Gillespie | Herb Ellis | Max Roach | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Stan Getz
As is the way with this label, it's this release's two extra tracks which feature Gillespie and Roach, otherwise it's...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019
Philip Clouts Quartet: Umoya
Alex Keen | Dave Ingamells | Philip Clouts | Samuel Eagles
The freedom of jazz and the rootedness of world music – those are the twin inspirations of Philip Clouts, South...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
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