Review of The Trackers: Gary Husband and Alf Terje Hana: Vaudeville 8:45

The Trackers: Gary Husband and Alf Terje Hana: Vaudeville 8:45

Alf Terje Hana | Étienne M'Bappé | Gary Husband | Guy Pratt | Jimmy Haslip | Jimmy Johnson | Kevin Scott | Mark King | Oyvind Grong

Abstract Logix

Rating: ★★★

Husband describes this music as addressing his sense of loss since the death of his Yorkshire guitarist soulmate Allan Holdsworth....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022

Review of Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop

Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop

Matt Clark | Michael Zilber | Mike Clark | Peter Barshay

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Bill Laurance Trio: Live At Ronnie Scott's

Bill Laurance Trio: Live At Ronnie Scott's

Bill Laurance | Jonathan Harvey | Marijus Aleksa

Flint Music

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Yazz Ahmed: Finding My Way Home

Yazz Ahmed: Finding My Way Home

Alam Nathoo | Chris Fish | Corrina Silvester | George Hart | Janek Gwizdala | Jay Darwish | John Bailey | Laurence Cottle | Shabaka Hutchings | Simon Hale

Suntara Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Canadian Jazz Collective: Septology – The Black Forest Sessions

Canadian Jazz Collective: Septology – The Black Forest Sessions

Bernd Reiter | Brian Dickinson | Derrick Gardner | Kirk MacDonald | Lorne Lofsky | Neil Swainson | Virginia MacDonald

HGBS Blue Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Algorhythmical: Impending Joy

Algorhythmical: Impending Joy

Chris Greive | Ewen Maclean | Kevin Glasgow | Martin Kersaw | Stu Brown

algorhythmical.co.uk

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Native Dancer: At PizzaExpress Live – In London

Native Dancer: At PizzaExpress Live – In London

Dan See | Frida Mariama Touray | Jonathan Harvey | Josh Arcoleo | Sam Crowe

Editor's Choice

PX Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Manne up!: Shelly Manne & His Men: Live at the Blackhawk Vol. 1

Manne up!: Shelly Manne & His Men: Live at the Blackhawk Vol. 1

Joe Gordon | Monty Budwig | Richie Kamunca | Shelly Manne | Victor Feldman

Editor's Choice

Contemporary/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade: Brain Dance

Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade: Brain Dance

Carlo De Rosa | Justin Brown | Mark Shim | Vijay Iyer

Cuneiform

Rating: ★★★★

DeRosa is quite a revelation. Best known as a sideman on records with the likes of Ralph Alessi and Rudresh...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012

Review of Beverley Beirne: Dream Dancer

Beverley Beirne: Dream Dancer

Ben Brown | Cyro Baptista | Duncan Lamont | Flo Moore | Jason Miles | Rob Hughes | Romero Lubambo | Sam Watts

33 Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★

A spotlight, please, for Beverley Beirne, the Yorkshire-based songstress whose superb alto voice has wowed punters everywhere from Rome to...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2021

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