Mike Stern: Echoes and Other Songs
The death of keyboardist Jim Beard at the age of 63 in March this year left many in deep shock,...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: September/2024
Duduvudu: The Gospel According To Dudu Pukwana
As the strand of South African gigs at last year's London jazz festival showed, the spirit of the alto saxophonist...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2015
Charles Rouse: Two Is One
After a decade playing in Thelonious Monk's band, tenor-man Charles Rouse was clearly primed to stretch out into open ground....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013
Tim Thornton: The Feel Good Place
Chris Draper | Grant Windsor | James Gardiner-Bateman | Tim Thornton
The screen print portrait of the 26-year-old bassist Tim Thornton on the CD sleeve of The Feel Good Place bears...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Gavin Barras Quintet: Day of Reckoning
Corey Mwamba | Dave Walsh | Ed Jones | Gavin Barras | Steve Plews
Cumbria-born double bassist Gavin Barras composed the material for this debut recording in the back of a car returning from...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012
Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat
Mollestad's great gift is to use music to give voice to those who have had their own taken from them....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Valaida Snow: Swing is The Thing – The Dynamic Valaida Snow, Queen of the Trumpet
The wonderfully talented Valaida Snow [1904-1956] came from a showbusiness family and was steeped in the world of black vaudeville,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021
Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues
Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt may have both drunk from the same well, but you could never mistake ...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013
Anatole Muster: Wonderful Now
Accordionist Anatole Muster may still be in his early twenties but he’s not hanging about. Swiss-born and London-based he’s already...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2024
The Louis Stewart Trio: Louis The First
John Wadham | Louis Stewart | Martin Walshe
Local-boy-made-good, and Ireland’s most high-status jazz musician, Louis Stewart (1944-2016) worked first in Dublin showbands, and then built a jazz...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
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