Review of Adam Niewood: Home With You, At Last

Adam Niewood: Home With You, At Last

Adam Niewood | Jack DeJohnette | John Patitucci | John Scofeld

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

When an A-list dream line-up are assembled to support a relatively unknown leader, it tends to bring out the sceptic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Review of Jim Hall: It’s Nice To Be With You – Live in Berlin

Jim Hall: It’s Nice To Be With You – Live in Berlin

Daniel Humair | Jim Hall | Jimmy Woode

MPS 0216969MSW

Rating: ★★★

Hall and family were in Berlin on holiday but Joachim Berendt made sure to record the guitarist, having first observed...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022

Review of Al Di Meola: Opus

Al Di Meola: Opus

Al Di Meola | Kemuel Roig

earMUSIC

Rating: ★★★

Di Meola gets some fearful stick, usually from a press that is more stuck in the 1970s than he allegedly...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2018

Review of Gael Horellou Quintet featuring Jeremy Pelt: Coup de Vent

Gael Horellou Quintet featuring Jeremy Pelt: Coup de Vent

Antoine Paganotti | Etienne Deconfin | Gael Horellou | Jeremy Pelt | Viktor Nyberg

Editor's Choice

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★★

Here's a nice surprise. Real hard-bop fans aren't catered for too well these days, but you really will enjoy this...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2018

Review of John Taylor: Giulia's Thursdays

John Taylor: Giulia's Thursdays

John Taylor | Martin France | Palle Danielsson

Camjazz

Rating: ★★★

An album of Taylor interpretations of the late Carlo Rustichelli, father of Paolo R and a veteran composer for Italian...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2012

Review of Martin Speake with Oren Marshall and Mark Sanders: The Quiet Mind

Martin Speake with Oren Marshall and Mark Sanders: The Quiet Mind

Mark Sanders | Martin Speake | Oren Marshall

Pumpkin Records

Rating: ★★★

Recorded live at The Oxford in Kentish Town, London, back in autumn 2008, this set of three free-improv tunes hasn't...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2015

Review of John Beasley: Monk'estra Vol.1

John Beasley: Monk'estra Vol.1

Benjamin J. Shepherd | Bijon Watson | Bob Sheppard | Brian Swartz | Danny Janklow | Francisco Torres | Gabriel Johnson | Gary Burton | Gary Novak | Grégoire Maret

Mack

Rating: ★★★

Keyboardist-arranger Beasley's affiliations run from the Thelonious Monk Institute to American Idol, as well as his early stints with Miles...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2016

Review of Brian Lynch: Unsung Heroes Vol. 2

Brian Lynch: Unsung Heroes Vol. 2

Alex Hoffman | Brian Lynch | David Wong | Pete Van Nostrand | Rob Schneiderman | Vincent Herring

Hollistic Music Works

Rating: ★★★

Best known for his latin jazz work with the likes of Eddie Palmieri, Brian Lynch comes up with another of...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2014

Review of Wayne Shorter: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

Wayne Shorter: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

Billy Cobham | Jan Hammer | Jerry Goodman | John McLaughlin | Rick Laird

Sony Music/Legacy

Rating: ★★★★★

Another valuable Columbia box set of albums that are now getting harder to obtain in their original vinyl format. Shorter's...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Review of Wollesen Ferm: Heart in Hand

Wollesen Ferm: Heart in Hand

Anders Christensen | Kenny Wollesen | Ned Ferm | Rune Kjeldsen

Stunt

Rating: ★★

Wollesen and Ferm are American but rooted in Copenhagen and active in the scene there. Their debut as co-leaders on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2023

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