Review of Diana Krall: This Dream Of You

Diana Krall: This Dream Of You

Diana Krall

Verve

Rating: ★★★★

Fans of Diana Krall's most recent solo album, her 2017 release Turn Up the Quiet, will be delighted to hear...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2020

Review of Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums

Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums

Al Cohn | Art Blakey | Art Farmer | Ben Tucker | Bobby Timmons | Cecil Payne | Doug Watkins | Ed Thigpen | Elvin Jones | Hal McKusick

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Originally inspired by Charlie Christian, Burrell, now in his 92nd year, must be counted as one of the jazz world's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023

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 Jæ: Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain

Jæ: Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain

Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød | Andreas Løwe | Daniel Meyer Grønvold | Eivind Lønning | Espen Reinertden | Håvard Skaset | Jan Martin Smørdal | Jessica Sligter | Jo Berger Myrhe | Juhani Silvola

Hubro

Rating: ★★★

Dutch-born Oslo-resident Jessica Sligter has previously been involved with a project called The Story of Modern Farming, a collaborative initiative...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2011

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

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