Kikoski, Carpenter, Novak, Sheppard: From The Hip
Bob Sheppard | Dave Carpenter | David Kikoski | Gary Novak
The title says it all. This crack quartet may be known for their fusion associations, but here they play straight-ahead...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2014
Fofoulah
Dave Smith | Johnny Brierley | Kaw Secka | Phil Stevenson | Tom Challenger
I've never liked the term ‘world music’ so, I promise, the words ‘world’ and ‘music’ will not appear in the...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: October/2014
Barry Green Trio: Almost There
Barry Green | Drew Gress | Tom Rainey
The pianist Barry Green has self-produced a handful of enterprising recordings for his Mole Tone label that are testament to...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017
Liam Noble: The Long Game
Liam Noble | Sebastian Rochford | Tom Herbert
The great UK pianist Liam Noble has performed in many guises – as an unaccompanied improviser, as an inspired covers-specialist...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019
Stan Getz: England 1958/Chicago 1957
Norman Granz's Jazz At The Philharmonic troupe made their first UK national tour in May 1958, opening at the Gaumont...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014
The Kaleidoscope Quintet: Dancing on the Edge
Joe Lovano's and Dave Liebman's regular partnerships flowered in the Saxophone Summit supergroup they shared from 1999 with the late...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2020
The Rebecca Kilgore Trio: Vol. 1
US vocalist Kilgore has been around for a while now [she's in her early seventies] and was a favourite presence...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021
Bill O'Connell: Jazz Latin
The core band on this sashaying suite played together for decades in the late flautist Dave Valentin's band. They channel...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2018
Jim Black Trio: Actuality
Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan
Have Germany's Winter & Winter label stopped doing their special cardboard CD design packaging? Well, as they say, it's the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014
Josephine Davies’ Satori: How Can We Wake?
How Can we Wake? is saxophonist-composer Josephine Davies's trio Satori's third – and second ‘live’ – album since forming in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020
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