Dexter Gordon: Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard

Dexter Gordon | Louis Hayes | Ronnie Matthews | Stafford James | Woody Shaw

Dexter Gordon moved to Copenhagen in 1962. He sent back a couple of musical postcards from Paris, one in 1963,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2021

Nick Mason: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports

Carla Bley | Carlos Ward | Chris Spedding | D Sharpe | Earl McIntyre | Gary Valente | Gary Windo | Howard Johnson | Karen Kraft | Mike Mantler

Despite their (early on, at least), reputation for weirdness and freakery, Pink Floyd's individual members all had fairly straightforward and...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023

David Sylvian: Blemish

Buckhardt Stangl | Christian Fennesz | David Sylvian | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | Franz Hautzinger | John Tilbury | Keith Rowe | Marcio Mattos | Michael Moser

David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022

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

The John Aram Quintet with Kenny Wheeler: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Suite

Andy Scherrer | Colin Vallon | Dave Whitford | John Aram | Kenny Wheeler | Norbert Pfammatter

This stunning production – in terms of packaging, production, an audiophile pressing on 180 gram vinyl and well conceived and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015

Nick Smart's Trogon: Tower Casa

Chris Montague | Dave Hamblett | Denny ‘Jimmy’ Martinez | Kishon Khan | Nick Smart | Pete Eckford

The head of Jazz at the Royal Academy of Music has released two CDs previously, both tributes, Remembering Nick Drake...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Paul Booth: 44

Alexandra Ridout | Andrew Bain | Dave Whitford | Flo Moore | Oliver Mason | Paul Booth | Ross Stanley | Shane Forbes

Booth is the great communicator. Whatever style he plays, and new album 44 covers everything from the rock-grooved ‘Blues in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022

Michel Portal: Men's Land

Dave Liebman | Harry Pepl | Jack DeJohnette | Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark | Michel Portal | Mino Cinelu

This album, from a May 1987 concert at the seventh Amiens International Jazz Festival by a group led by tenor...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2016