Snazzback: Ruins Everything
Having steadily grown from a busy busking collective into an even busier live band, the pandemic hit Bristol septet Snazzback...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2023
Metheny/Garbarek/Burton/Colley/Gottlieb/McCandless/SWR Big Band: Hommage á Eberhard Weber
This would be a significant release if only for the presence of a major new composition from Metheny. The fact...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015
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
Lee Konitz: The Real Lee Konitz
The only problem with these two collectors' items is visual. Their packaging is in Japanese, with those tiny reproductions of...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2014
Various Artists: Cosmic Forest: The Spiritual Sound Of MPS
A label with real kudos among collectors, Germany’s MPS peaked between the early and mid-1970s. The catalogue bulged with recordings...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
National Youth Jazz Orchestra: The Change
Federico Dannemann | Lucques Curtis | Obed Calvaire | Zhenya Strigalev
The major change in the album title is of course the retirement of NYJO's founder, Bill Ashton, after a distinguished...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message
De’Sean Jones | Greg Ward | Jeff Parker | Joel Ross | Junius Paul | Makaya McCraven | Marquis Hill
Being signed to Blue Note has several advantages. There’s the kudos. The guarantee of quality. Then there’s the access to...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Miles Davis: Three Classic Albums Plus (Second Set)
Stop me if I've said this before (er, actually, don't please Ed. I'm raising a valid point!) but can someone...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2019
Louis Stewart: Out On His Own
The virtuoso Irish guitarist Louis Stewart (1944-2016) first released this solo recital on the Irish Livia label in 1977 as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023
Monty Alexander: Here Comes The Sun
Duffy Jackson | Eugene Wright | Montego Joe | Monty Alexander
Jamaican-born pianist Alexander moved to New York and made an early break-through in the 1960s, cast by some as the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2018
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