Ray Charles: Genius + Jazz = Soul/Genius of Ray Charles
Two classic albums originally on Impulse! and Atlantic that put Ray with members of the Basie and Ellington bands with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015
Daniel Rosenboom's: Book of Omens
Trumpeter Rosenboom's apocalyptic suite has a experimental prog rock dimension as well as a noir-ish noughties Dave Douglas-infl uenced sound...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Jeff Reid: Look For The Light
Electric bassist Reed's quintet debut (with bass clarinettist Todd Marcus and trumpeter Sean Jones) has a straightahead, post-fusion kick that...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020
Phil Haynes: No Fast Food
A McDonalds-free 2-CD live session served up by a versatile percussionist's trio with big guns for company, in Dave Liebman...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Swings
Good late period Hawk with a quintet featuring Thad Jones – this was a well-known Crown L P, but with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Patti Bown: Plays Big Piano
The reissued Columbia debut album of the Seattle-based protégé of Quincy Jones from 1959, reveals her as one of the...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013
Mara Rosenbloom Quartet: Songs from the Ground
This New York City-based pianist’s compositions call on singer-songwriter-like form for inspiration and she performs with a quartet that features...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013
Ann-Margret: Songs from ‘The Swinger’
Despite compositions by Previn, charts by Marty Paich and Quincy Jones, the Swedish actress was not a singer by trade,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017
Paisean
Ex-Middlesex 1980s uni graduates, the experienced saxophonist Ed Jones and pianist-composer Steve Plews, convene for a set balancing hard bop...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & Whatsnext?: Resolution
This Turkish multi-instrumentalist's series of orchestral pieces is influenced by his native folk music and a few 1970s progressive jazz...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017
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