Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with the NYJO: Bulletproof

Peter Lemer

Such is the confluence of so many streams in Thompson's life that this exuberant release celebrates, you're already cheering before...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Clarence Penn: Dali in Cobble Hill

Adam Rogers | Ben Street | Chris Potter | Clarence Penn

Clarence Penn doesn't seem to do many record dates these days, possibly because he works regularly with Dianne Reeves, which...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013

Drifter: Flow

This is a very together CD. There is an ease and confidence of conception, which lifts this album out of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Various Artists: On the Corner Live: The Music of Miles Davis

Chester Thompson | Chris Walters | Dave Liebman | James Dasilva | Jeff Coffin | Victor Wooton

Recorded live in the Nashville venue 3rd & Lindsley the legacy of Miles Davis still provides musicians old enough to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019

Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet: The Complete Studio Recordings

Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Cranshaw | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Hank Jones | Roger Kellaway

When in 1954, Clifford Brown moved from Blue Note to Mercury his new label realised that they had acquired a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015

Christine Tobin: Sailing to Byzantium

Christine Tobin | Dave Whitford | Gabriel Byrne | Gareth Lockrane | Kate Shortt | Liam Noble | Phil Robson

In this beautiful collection of songs based on the poetry of WB Yeats, vocalist Christine Tobin has created an unqualified...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2012

Mark Cherrie Quartet: Any Anxious Colour

Chantelle Duncan | Dave O’Higgins | Eric Ford | Fergus Gerrand | John Donaldson | Mark Cherrie | Tom Mason

"The steel pan of course has no particular history in jazz music itself, unlike many other instruments,” explains bandleader and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2024

Charles Mingus: Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection

Bobby Jones | Booker Ervin | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Clarence Shaw | Dannie Richmond | Don Ellis | George Adams | Gunther Schuller | Horace Parlan

Compared to the stifling effect of Sony's blanket coverage of Dave Brubeck, their holdings of Mingus are quite modest. Now...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012

Pablo Held Trio: Investigations

Jonas Burgwinkel | Pablo Held | Robert Landfermann

The Cologne-based Pablo Held has been wowing critics in his native Germany and beyond for about 10 years now. Even...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

Anton Eger: Æ

Anton Eger | Christian Lillinger | Dan Nicholls | Ivo Neame | Juliette Marland | Mathias Heise | Matt Calvert | Niels Broos | Otis Sandsjo | Petter Eldh

When witnessing ‘live’ the high flying international piano trio Phronesis, it’s the Oslo-born drummer Anton Eger who most catches your...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2019