Pure Desmond: Pure Desmond Play James Bond Songs
Christian Flohr | Johann Weiss | Lorenz Hargassner | Sebastian Deufel
Like all of you, I like to think I take my jazz seriously. But you know what? Sometimes I just...
Reviewed by Nina Fortune in issue: April/2023
Tete Montoliu: Blues For Myself
Eric Peter | Peer Wyboris | Tete Montoliu
As with the Lucky Thompson set reviewed elsewhere, this trio recording was first issued on the Spanish Ensayo label and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2016
William Parker/Raining On The Moon: Great Spirit
Eri Yamamoto | Hamid Drake | Leena Conquest | Lewis Barnes | Rob Brown | William Parker
Regardless of his close association with significant figures in the avant-garde, above all Cecil Taylor and David S. Ware, bassist-...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016
Madwort's Menagerie
Adam Spiers | Alex Bonney | Cath Roberts | Julie Kjær | Tim Fairhall | Tom Ward
Overhearing a big band's odd fragmentation in rehearsal suggested the potential of an unconventional ensemble to Tom Ward. Splicing elements...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2019
Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places: Volume 2
This excellent second installment of Different Times, Different Places gives a further insight into the vast achievements of the late...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016
Oddarrang: In Cinema
Ilmari Pohjola | Lasse Lindgren | Lasse Sakara | Olavi Louhivuori | Osmo Ikonen
This CD was originally written in the context of a musical score for a series of four abstract experimental films...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013
Charlie Parker: Five Classic Albums
The second half of Parker’s studio output was all done for Norman Granz, including the famous Afro-Latin sessions that are...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2020
Aldo Romano: Inner Smile
Aldo Romano | Baptiste Trotignon | Enrio Rava | Thomas Bramerie
Aldo Romano is a no-frills Italian-born, French-based drummer who's been a lynchpin in bands such as those of Henri Texier...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012
Zela Margossian Quintet: Transition
Zela Margossi's peripatetic career took her from Lebanon to Armenia to Australia, where she is now establishing her career in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019
Joshua Redman: Walking Shadows
The presence of the 12-piece chamber orchestra makes the term ‘jazz strings’ appropriate, but the real story, at least from...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2013
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