Review of Jan Lundgren: The Ystad Concert: A Tribute to Jan Johansson

Jan Lundgren: The Ystad Concert: A Tribute to Jan Johansson

Charlotta Weber Widerström | Claudia Bonfiglioli | Daniela Bonfiglioli | Jan Lundgren | Karolina Weber Ekdahl | Mattias Svensson

ACT

Rating: ★★★

Prior to his death in a car crash in 1968, Jan Johansson had established himself as one of the fathers...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2016

Review of Doug Carn, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge: Doug Carn JID5

Doug Carn, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge: Doug Carn JID5

Adrian Younge | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Doug Carn | Malachi Morehead | Shai Golan | Zach Ramacier

Jazz Is Dead

Rating: ★★★★

Producers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest) have released some excellent albums in the past...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2021

Review of Jerry Bergonzi: Spotlight On Standards

Jerry Bergonzi: Spotlight On Standards

Andrea Michelutti | Jerry Bergonzi | Renato Chicco

Savant

Rating: ★★★

The standards put under the Jerry Bergonzi spotlight vary from American songbook warhorses like ‘Witchcraft’ and ‘Stella By Starlight’ to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2017

Review of Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier: Travels to the West

Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier: Travels to the West

Nicolas Meier | Pete Oxley

MGP Records

Rating: ★★★

Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier are bandmates in the reconfigured string quartet Eclectical, but the ten cuts on Travels to...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Tenderlonius feat. The 22archestra: The Shakedown

Tenderlonius feat. The 22archestra: The Shakedown

Ed ‘Tenderlonius’ Cawthorne | Fergus Ireland | Hamish Balfour | Jeen Bassa | Konrad | Reggie Omas | Yussef Dayes

Records

Rating: ★★

One of the hallmarks of the London ‘new wave’ is the strength of the groove-playing, sometimes to the exclusion of...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: August/2018

Review of Andy Bey: Experience And Judgment

Andy Bey: Experience And Judgment

Any Bey | Bill Fischer | George Davis | Ira ‘Buddy’ Williams | Jimmy Young | Richard Resnicoff | Slewart Clark | Wilbur Bascomb

Editor's Choice

Atlantic/Real Gone Music

Rating: ★★★★

A recent reissue (reviewed on p50) of Max Roach's 1968 masterpiece Members, Don’t Git Wearyprovided a welcome opportunity to hear...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2022

Review of Various Artists: J Jazz Master Series Volume 3

Various Artists: J Jazz Master Series Volume 3

Featuring Aki Takase Trio | Hiroshi Murakami | Kohsuke Mine | Koichi Matsukaze | Tatsuya Nakamura | Yasuhiro Kohno

BBE 652

Rating: ★★★★

The third instalment of BBE's fascinating trawl through the more obscure waters of Japanese jazz does not disappoint. As was...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2021

Review of Chris Garrick and John Etheridge: WTWSFS

Chris Garrick and John Etheridge: WTWSFS

Chris Garrick | John Etheridge | Liane Carroll

Flying Blue Whale Records

Rating: ★★★★

You will hear hipper, more radical and certainly louder releases this year. But if you’re wise enough to buy this...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013

Review of Get The Blessing: Lope and Antilope

Get The Blessing: Lope and Antilope

Adrian Utley | Clive Deamer | Jake McMurchie | Jim Barr | Pete Judge

Naim Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Get The Blessing return with their fourth album, and what is their second for the Naim label following last year's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Don Cherry/Dewey Redman/Charlie Haden/Eddie Blackwell: Old and New Dreams

Don Cherry/Dewey Redman/Charlie Haden/Eddie Blackwell: Old and New Dreams

Charlie Haden | Dewey Redman | Don Cherry | Eddie Blackwell

Black Saint

Rating: ★★★★★

When these four graduates of the University of Harmolodics entered a New York recording studio in 1976, Old and New...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017

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