Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Meets Sadik Hakim
Buster Williams | JR Mitchell | Sadik Hakim | Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt was there at the dawn of what become known as modern jazz – bebop division. Come up with...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2015
Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
I’ve always enjoyed Lakecia Benjamin’s studio recordings (2020’s remarkable Pursuance especially), but for me it’s in the live setting where...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2024
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Johan Lindvall: Om Du Reser Mycket
The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra has been a fertile breeding ground in establishing Norwegian jazz’s unique identity since the 1990s, with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022
Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop
Matt Clark | Michael Zilber | Mike Clark | Peter Barshay
I wanted to like this album more than I do. Clark is a player named in the press blurb as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2021
Bill Laurance Trio: Live At Ronnie Scott's
Bill Laurance | Jonathan Harvey | Marijus Aleksa
Generously, Snarky Puppy keyboardist Bill Laurance dedicates this beautifully-recorded (perhaps it’s a tad too pristine – a bit more of...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2020
Yazz Ahmed: Finding My Way Home
Now in her latetwenties, Yazz Ahmed only started playing jazz on the trumpet in her late teens. You aren't made...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012
Canadian Jazz Collective: Septology – The Black Forest Sessions
Gardner, Kirk MacDonald (clarinettist Virginia is his daughter) and Lofsky came together at the behest of manager Judith Humenick to...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023
Algorhythmical: Impending Joy
Chris Greive | Ewen Maclean | Kevin Glasgow | Martin Kersaw | Stu Brown
Right, I am not going to begin this review by saying something patronising about the strength of the current Scottish...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014
Native Dancer: At PizzaExpress Live – In London
Dan See | Frida Mariama Touray | Jonathan Harvey | Josh Arcoleo | Sam Crowe
Named after, and taking their inclusive musical aesthetic cue from, Wayne Shorter’s genre-bending 1975 album, Native Dancer draw from a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023
Manne up!: Shelly Manne & His Men: Live at the Blackhawk Vol. 1
Joe Gordon | Monty Budwig | Richie Kamunca | Shelly Manne | Victor Feldman
Excellent jazz from the ongoing Contemporary/Craft reissue series, here highlighting one of the leading figures of West Coast jazz, drummer...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2024
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