Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio: We're Back
The Thrasher Dream trio is pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Ron Carter supported by leader Gerry Gibbs on drums. Their...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Oran Etkin: What's New? Reimagining The Music of Benny Goodman
Charenee Wade | Matt Wilson | Oran Etkin | Steve Nelson | Sullivan Fortner
It was hard to hear much of the music on this CD owing to the much louder noise of Benny...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2015
Lester Young: Pres And Teddy
Gene Ramey | Jo Jones | John Lewis | Lester Young | Teddy Wilson
Such was the iconic status that Lester Young previously earned for himself with both Count Basie and Billie Holiday, that...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014
Arun Ghosh: Seclused In Light
Aref Durvesh | Arun Ghosh | Chris Williams | Dave Walsh | Idris Rahman | Myke Wilson
Over the last 15 years or so clarinetist-composer Arun Ghosh has created a body of recorded work that has broached...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2022
Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane: Complete Live At The Five Spot
Ahmed Abdul-Malik | John Coltrane | Roy Haynes | Shadow Wilson | Thelonious Monk | Wilbur Ware
Only discovered in the 1980s, this five-track, 44-minute recording first released by Blue Note was done with a table-top mic...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013
David Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy
Andy Milne | Ben Allison | Dave Glasser | Matt Wilson
The 1970s New York circles that David Glasser grew up in were steeped in jazz and the politics of civil...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2020
Polly Gibbons: Many Faces of Love
Hot on the heels of last year's brilliant My Own Company, this new album from vocalist Polly Gibbons presents 12...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015
Barney McAll: Precious Energy
After 20 years spent on the stand with artists as diverse as Sia and Gary Bartz, pianist Barney McAll recently...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: March/2022
The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band: Chinese Butterfly
Chick Corea and Steve Gadd have history. In 1965, Corea briefly joined Chuck Mangione's band when Gadd was the drummer...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018
Myra Melford's Be Bread: The Whole Tree Gone
Ben Goldberg | Brandon Ross | Cuong Vu | Matt Wilson | Myra Melford | Stomu Takeishi
While the sprinkling of uncommon instruments in the line-up – soprano guitar, acoustic bass guitar, contra-alto clarinet – partly account...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2012
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