Johnny Griffin/Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

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

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

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

Tim Armacost: Time Being

Dave Kikoski | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Robert Hurst | Tim Armacost

The saxophonist – he plays tenor exclusively here – has said that Time Being's genesis lies in a mental audio-image...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: May/2017

Twelve: Years Ago

Darius Brubeck | Dave O'Higgins | Matt Ridley | Wesley Gibbens

The Donald Fagen-like Alex Ligertwood fronts a band that features Belgian pianist Éric Legnini and blends groove bop, chamber ensemble,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

John Etheridge: Twenty: The Best of Sweet Chorus

Andy Crowdy | Christian Garrick | Dave Kelbie | John Etheridge | Malcolm Creese

Ah, such sweet surprises from an Etheridge project dedicated to the timeless magic of Stephane Grappelli. As Etheridge points out,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019

Gavin Barras Quintet: Day of Reckoning

Corey Mwamba | Dave Walsh | Ed Jones | Gavin Barras | Steve Plews

Cumbria-born double bassist Gavin Barras composed the material for this debut recording in the back of a car returning from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

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

This entertaining package derives from a live Hamburg club session recorded by public radio station NDR, and covers a period...

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

Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Bill Evans | Clarence Penn | David Kikoski | David Liebman | Donny McCaslin | Joe Locke | Joel Frahm | Kurt Elling | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker

Thumbing through the achievements of Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra it's necessary to pinch yourself to make...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Grant Green: Green Street

Ben Tucker | Dave Bailey | Grant Green

Certain classic Blue Note recordings do not age as well as others and this is an example. Early in his...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Matyas Gayer Trio: Westbourne Park

Dave Green | Matyas Gayer | Steve Brown

I’ve heard Hungarian-in-London Gayer subbing in Five-Way Split and playing for the Nat Steele-Mark Crooks Quintet, and have been impressed...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2024

Noah Preminger/Broken Shadows/Gregory Tardy/Bill Frisell/Billy Lester/Kenny Werner/Hank Roberts: Newvelle Records: Seaso

Adopting a unique marketing strategy, first put into effect in 2015, Newvelle Records, co-founded by Elan Mehler and Jean-Christophe Morisseau,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019