Review of Karen Sharp: The Sun, The Moon And You

Karen Sharp: The Sun, The Moon And You

Dave Green | Karen Sharp | Nikki Iles | Steve Brown

Trio

Rating: ★★★★

This quartet has been together for a while now and it shows. Each player is given space to air their...

Reviewed by Peter Vache in issue: September/2018

Review of Scott Hamilton: Scott Hamilton Quartet At Pizza Express Live

Scott Hamilton: Scott Hamilton Quartet At Pizza Express Live

Dave Green | John Pearce | Scott Hamilton | Steve Brown

PX Records PX

Rating: ★★★★

PX Records is the new recording imprint for the Pizza Express Live set-up, headquartered at Dean Street.Logically and sensibly, it...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Charles Evans: Subliminal Leaps

Charles Evans: Subliminal Leaps

Charles Evans | Dave Liebman | Ron Stabinsky | Tony Marino

More Is More

Rating: ★★★

A youngish Brooklyn-based saxophonist who studied with Liebman, Evans has been a baritone specialist since the age of 17 and...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2014

Review of Esther Phillips: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Esther Phillips: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

Mixing jazz, soul, funk and the blues, this 2CD live album recorded at Onkel Pö’s Carnegie Hall in Hamburg bursts...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Bruford: One of a Kind

Bruford: One of a Kind

Allan Holdsworth | Bill Bruford | Dave Stewart | Jeff Berlin

Winterfold Records/Cherry Red

Rating: ★★★★

At what point does Jazz-Rock become Jazz-Rock Fusion or even that word dreaded by all jazz fans, Fusion? This album...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2024

Review of If: Live at the BBC

If: Live at the BBC

Cliff Davies | Dave Quincy | Dave Wintour | Dennis Elliott | Dick Morrissey | Jim Richardson | John Mealing | JW Hodkinson | Terry Smith

Repertoire Repuk

Rating: ★★★

If had a brief but impactful career, perhaps best remembered these days as an early vehicle for saxophonist Dick Morrissey....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023

Review of Riverside: The New National Anthem

Riverside: The New National Anthem

Chet Doxas | Dave Douglas | Jim Doxas | Steve Swallow

Greenleaf

Rating: ★★★★

Django Bates has reminded us that it's 50 years since Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. But it's also,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2017

Review of Ken Peplowski & Alan Barnes: At The Watermill

Ken Peplowski & Alan Barnes: At The Watermill

Alan Barnes | Dave Green | John Pearce | Ken Peplowski | Steve Brown

Woodville

Rating: ★★★

This is the third pairing of these two reedmen to appear on Barnes’ own label. Having lately heard them in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2015

Review of Elvin Jones Jazz Machine: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

The French series covers major figures by excerpting their work from a large number of albums and, since Elvin did...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Henry Lowther's Still Waters: Can't Believe, Won't Believe

Henry Lowther's Still Waters: Can't Believe, Won't Believe

Barry Green | Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Paul Clarvis

Village Life

Rating: ★★★★

In a world of bluff and bluster, the ridiculously under recorded Still Waters are indeed an oasis of pleasure. Conceived...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2018

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