The Great Wee Band: Light Blue
Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stan Sulzmann | Stu Butterfield
For those not in the know, the quartet’s name was bestowed on them by Mullen as a term of approval...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012
Alex Hitchcock/Ant Law: Same Moon in the Same World
London-born saxophonist Alex Hitchcock is only six years out of the Royal Academy of Music's jazz course, but he's already...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2023
John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable
Ambrose Akinmusire | David Binney | John Escreet | Matt Brewer | Nasheet Waits
In such a short space of time, the Doncaster-born pianist and composer John Escreet has made quite an impact on...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010
Judy Niemack: What's Love?
Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Joe Farnsworth | Judy Niemack | Peter Bernstein | Sullivan Fortner
Recorded over two days at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, this fine new album from...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2023
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth
Aaron Johnson | Armand Hirsch | Bryan Carter | Emmet Cohen | Veronica Swift | Yasushi Nakamura
Veronica Swift's second album for Mack Avenue is an eclectic, unforgettable delight, with the singer's out-and-out virtuosity perfectly matched by...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2021
Jeff Williams: Live at London Jazz Festival: Road Tales
Jeff Williams | John O'Gallagher | Josh Arcoleo | Sam Lasserson
Jeff Williams, the Ohio-born drummer and composer who has played with the best in both New York and London (Dave...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2021
Dominic Howles Quintet: Along Came Benny
Dave O'Higgins | Dominic Howles | Matt Fishwick | Nick Tomalin | Ross Stanley | Steve Fishwick
This self-produced (and presumably self-financed) album has taken some time to surface and its appearance now is to be welcomed....
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2019
Archie Shepp: Sea of Faces
This 1975 recording was the standout album in the 4CD Archie Shepp compilation set I reviewed in February 2016, and...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2017
Lou Donaldson/Grant Green: Cool Blues
Baby Face Willette | Dave Bailey | Grant Green | Jack McDuff | Joe Dukes | Lou Donaldson
These tracks come from Blue Note sessions taped by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder at his New Jersey studio, so...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2013
Joe Harriott/Amancio D'Silva: Hum Dono
Amancio D'Silva | Bryan Spring | Dave Green | Ian Carr | Joe Harriott | Norma Winstone
Such is the Holy Grail cachet of this album it's impossible not to see the sign ‘Rarer than hen's teeth’...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015
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