Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek: Luminissence
I’m sure it has been mentioned before, but this Luminessence series of classic ECM re-releases are actually better than the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2024
John Lewis: Before The MJQ: Early Years 1946-52
The figure of John Lewis is so wedded to the Modern Jazz Quartet that it’s an interesting project to group...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022
Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Featuring Grant Green: Joe's Blues
Subtitled ‘The Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Project’, these four individual CDs (one is a double) corral eight original albums –...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
John Coltrane: Blue Train
Forgive me for a moment’s fictional indulgence, but I can just imagine a production meeting over at American Jazz Classics’...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2020
Noga Ritter: Ima
An immensely promising debut (as leader) from Noga Ritter, an Israeli-born, London-based singer, composer and bandleader, Ima (Hebrew for ‘mother’)...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2023
London Afrobeat Collective: Esengo
London Afrobeat Collective have been distilling the essence of the UK's culturally diverse capital for 15 years now, flying their...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
Rickey Kelly: Limited Stops Only
Dadisi Komolafe | David E Tillman | James Leary III | Rickey Kelly | Sherman Ferguson
If ever there was an album aptly titled, it is surely this: Kelly's musical bus (see the cover image) moves...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2021
John Warren The Brass Project: The Traveller's Tale
Today, anything by the late lamented Brass Project of John Warren and John Surman is worth grabbing without a second's...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2017
James Carter: Caribbean Rhapsody
As can be deduced from the details shown above, this album is an ambitious affair. It comprises two main works,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2011
Jimmy Smith: Sit On It
A late-vintage Smith twofer, which won't have fans of Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise rushing to buy it, but if you're...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012
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