Review of Joan Chamorro & Andrea Motis: Feeling Good

Joan Chamorro & Andrea Motis: Feeling Good

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★

The type of X Factor jazz-pop standard vocal thing that's been done to death in this kind of entirely predictable...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Review of Alex Norris Quintet: Fleet From The Heat

Alex Norris Quintet: Fleet From The Heat

Steeplechase Records

Rating: ★★

The veteran straightahead NYC-based trumpeter Alex Norris has spent most of his career on the sidelines so this is only...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Jason Seizer: Cinema Paradiso

Jason Seizer: Cinema Paradiso

Pirouet

Rating: ★★

This German pianist goes to Hollywood with Enrico Morricone, Leonard Bernstein through to Alexandre Desplat among the composers given the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Review of Dave Young/Terry Promane: Octet Vol. 2

Dave Young/Terry Promane: Octet Vol. 2

University of Toronto

Rating: ★★

This cool-school Canadian octet, led by experienced bassist Dave Young and trombonist Terry Promane, offer easy going interpretations of tunes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Review of Billie Holiday and Lester Young: Complete Studio Recordings

Billie Holiday and Lester Young: Complete Studio Recordings

Phono

Rating: ★★★

Going much further than the 16-track A Musical Romance set on Columbia, this gathers (almost) all the studio appearances by...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Review of Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet: Beautiful Friendship

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet: Beautiful Friendship

Planet Arts

Rating: ★★

This young guitarist and bassist are students of an easy going brand of straightahead, and here join a couple of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Review of Dexter Gordon: Soul Sister

Dexter Gordon: Soul Sister

Bent Axen | Dexter Gordon | Einar Iverson | Erik Amundsen | Neils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | William Schiøpffe

Editor's Choice

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★★

Gordon’s sojourn in Denmark (as well as Norway and Sweden) was a huge success. His playing, documented on several SteepleChase...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Review of Album Interview: James Morrison: Snappy Too

Album Interview: James Morrison: Snappy Too

James Morrison | Jeff Hamilton

Morrison Records

Rating: ★★★★

With James Morrison it really is a case of seeing is believing. Without having seen him live it's very difficult...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2012

Review of Toco: Memoria

Toco: Memoria

Schema

Rating: ★★★

Easy-going, yet sensuous sounds from the Brazilian North east and Rio from a band led by vocalist Toco, which combines...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Review of Phoenician Blinds: The Sight, the Seer and the Seen

Phoenician Blinds: The Sight, the Seer and the Seen

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

This young London-based quartet’s kind of contemporary, easy-going lyricism and groove-ability reminiscent of their core influences Avishai Cohen, EST, and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

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