Review of Tete Montoliu: Blues For Myself

Tete Montoliu: Blues For Myself

Eric Peter | Peer Wyboris | Tete Montoliu

DiscMedi Blau

Rating: ★★★★

As with the Lucky Thompson set reviewed elsewhere, this trio recording was first issued on the Spanish Ensayo label and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2016

Review of Romanovská Tichý Hrubý

Romanovská Tichý Hrubý

Anna Romanovská | Michal Hrubý | Petr Tichý

Hevhetia HV

Rating: ★★★★

This remarkable Czech winds-and-string strio's debut album lays a feast of a table of the unexpected before us. Hrubý's ‘Ach...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: October/2018

Review of Simians of Swing

Simians of Swing

Andy Davies | Ant Law | Benet Mclean | Benet McLean | Ivo Neame | Luca Boscagin | Polly Gibbons | Saleem Raman | Sam Leak

Coffee and Apple Records

Rating: ★★★

For those who frequent Ronnie Scott's upstairs jams on a Wednesday, the trumpeter Andy Davies will be a familiar face....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris Jazzwi in issue: October/2015

Review of Orrin Evans: Freedom

Orrin Evans: Freedom

Evans

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★★

Though Evans was born in New Jersey, he’s really a Philadelphia homeboy and this album is dedicated to that city...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2011

Review of Bill Evans: With The Flutists (What's New/Nirvana)

Bill Evans: With The Flutists (What's New/Nirvana)

Bill Evans | Chuck Israels | Eddie Gomez | Herbie Mann | Jeremy Steig | Marty Morell | Paul Motian

Jazz Collectors

Rating: ★★★

Another well-filled reissue, combining two of the more unusual albums in Evans’ discography. The Jazz Collectors label clearly sees the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2010

Review of Various Artists: Soul Love: The Black Fire Records Story, 1975-1993

Various Artists: Soul Love: The Black Fire Records Story, 1975-1993

Byard Lancaster,

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

In many ways this superlative compilation provides a wider context to the recently-released Oneness Of Juju anthology. They were a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2020

Review of Peace Flag Ensemble: Noteland

Peace Flag Ensemble: Noteland

John Naher

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★★

A drumless quintet is unusual, as are free-flowing group improvisations marked by tight construction. Peace Flag Ensemble, a new outfit...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2021

Review of Nitin Sawhney: Live At Ronnie Scott's

Nitin Sawhney: Live At Ronnie Scott's

Bill Laurance | Jonathan Harvey | Marijus Aleksa

Flint Music

Rating: ★★★★

“For any musician growing up in or around London, especially if you’ve grown up loving great improvisation, as I did,”...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2020

Review of Buddy DeFranco	: The Bebop Years, 1949-1956

Buddy DeFranco : The Bebop Years, 1949-1956

Ace Lane | Al Porcino | Al Robertson | Angelo Cicallse | Art Blakey | Art Tatum | Art Taylor | Barney Kessel | Ben Lary | Bernie Glow

Editor's Choice

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Buddy DeFranco deserves a lot more recognition than he has had over the years for his sterling work in keeping...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022

Review of Bill Evans Trio with Chuck Israels and Paul Motian: Complete Recordings

Bill Evans Trio with Chuck Israels and Paul Motian: Complete Recordings

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Paul Chambers | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Flanagan

Groove

Rating: ★★★★

Historically, we’re meant to think this was a low spot for Evans, and certainly it was in his private life,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2018

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