Review of The Headhunters: Speakers In The House

The Headhunters: Speakers In The House

Bill Summers | Donald Harrison | Fode Sissoko | Jerry Z | Mike Clark | Reggie Washington | Scott Roberts | Stephen Gordon

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★

God may have made them funky, but The Headhunters may now have one of their cherished number in heaven.It’s hard...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022

Review of Nigel Hitchcock: Smoothitch

Nigel Hitchcock: Smoothitch

Chris Dagley | Dave Milligan | James Mac | Laurence Cottle | Miles Bould | Nigel Hitchcock | Richard Cottle | Scott Firth

Smoothitch

Rating: ★★

Pity the poor reviewer faced with an album like this. Titles are listed (most tracks credited to ‘Hitch’) as is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2013

Review of The Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope

The Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope

Cyro Baptista | Josh Jones | Nels Cline | Scott Amendola | Trevor Dunn | Yuka C. Hinda | Zeena Parkins

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Though he originally came out the 1980s jazz scene on the US West Coast, guitarist Nels Cline has also been...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2014

Review of Tim Thornton: The Feel Good Place

Tim Thornton: The Feel Good Place

Chris Draper | Grant Windsor | James Gardiner-Bateman | Tim Thornton

Jellymould

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Gavin Barras Quintet: Day of Reckoning

Gavin Barras Quintet: Day of Reckoning

Corey Mwamba | Dave Walsh | Ed Jones | Gavin Barras | Steve Plews

ASC Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat

Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat

Adrian Loseth Waade | Ellen Brekken | Erlend Skomsvoll | Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Ingebjorg Loe Bjornstad | Ingvald Andre Vassba | Mae Elise Solberg | Martin Myhre Olsen | Petter Kraft | Ståle Storløkken

Editor's Choice

Rune Grammofon RCD/LP

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Valaida Snow: Swing is The Thing – The Dynamic Valaida Snow, Queen of the Trumpet

Valaida Snow: Swing is The Thing – The Dynamic Valaida Snow, Queen of the Trumpet

Ali Baba trio | Billy Mason Orchestra | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jimmy Mundy’s orchestra | Lulle Ellboj’s Orchestra | The Six Swingers | Valaida Snow | Winstrup Olesen’s Swingband

Editor's Choice

Upbeat

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues

Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues

Herb Ellis | Jimmy Jones | Jo Jones | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Roy Eldridge | Sonny Stitt | Stan Levey

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Anatole Muster: Wonderful Now

Anatole Muster: Wonderful Now

Anatole Muster | Juliana Chahayed | M Field | Mackwood | Mitchell Peterson | plus guests Louis Cole | Safwan Shoptoe Chowdhury | Telemakus

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of The Louis Stewart Trio: Louis The First

The Louis Stewart Trio: Louis The First

John Wadham | Louis Stewart | Martin Walshe

Livia Records

Rating: ★★★★

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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