Bob Sheppard: The Fine Line
Bob Sheppard is one of the sharpest multi-reed players in contemporary jazz but he rarely fronts his own outfits in...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Red Hot
Formed in 2003, the wacky satirists MOPDTK are the new arch subversives of the New York underground jazz scene. Their...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013
The Tubby Hayes Quartet: Free Flight
Mick Pyne | Ron Mathewson | Tony Levin | Tubby Hayes
There was a time when the only representation of Hayes on record was to be found in secondhand vinyl shops...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020
Paul Grabowsky Sextet: The Bitter Suite
Andrew Robson | Cameron Undy | James Greening | Jamie Oehlers | Paul Grabowsky | Simon Barker
Paul Grabowsky is one of the major figures in the Australian jazz scene, but it would be fair to say...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2015
Charles Mingus: The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s
Bobby Jones | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | John Foster | Jon Faddis
Change has been a constant in the history of black music, but the time in which Charles Mingus led a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022
Tineka Postma: The Dawn of Light
Esperanza Spalding | Frans Van Der Hoeven | Marc Van Roon | Martijn Vink | Tineke Postma
The fifth album from one of Holland's most sophisticated young post-bop saxophonists, The Dawn of Light is also a notable...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011
Don Byas Quartet: The Complete 1946-1954 Paris Recordings
Were it not for the efforts of Gilles Petard's now dormant French-based Classics label in documenting the recordings of Don...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013
Louis Smith: The Legendary 1957-59 Studio Sessions
So let's hear it one more time for the late Tom Wilson (1931-1978) – a true visionary who produced numerous...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2017
Beats & Pieces Big Band: Ten
Beats & Pieces' director Ben Cottrell is a Manc indie-band singer trapped in a big-band jazz leader's body. Or is...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018
Robert Glasper Trio: Covered
Damion Reid | Robert Glasper | Vicente Archer
Several years ago it became something of a convention among soul artists to rush out an ‘in concert’ album just...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015
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