Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth Orchestra: Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)
Kenny Wheeler, the inimitable Canadian trumpet maestro and quiet legend of post-1960s jazz composition, had been playing all kinds of...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021
Igor Butman Orchestra: Scheherazade's Tales
Igor Butman, a neo-bop tenor saxophonist who emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to study at Berklee in 1983, had...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012
Bobby Hackett & Zoot Sims: Complete Recordings/Strike Up The Band
Not all leads stem from Dizzy Gillespie. Pre-bop there was a plethora of truly inspired trumpet players whose achievements are...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015
Satori: In the Corners of Clouds
Dave Whitford | James Maddren | Josephine Davies
Since winning the Perrier Young Jazz Award and graduating from NYJO, Josephine Davies has developed her musicianship playing with bands...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018
Henrik Jensen: Above Your House
Dave Smith | Esben Tjalve | Henrik Jensen
Congratulations to Oliver Weindling for keeping the Babel label going for 30 years, marked by this release, his first for his...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024
Grover Washington Jr: Sacred Kind Of Love: The Columbia Recordings
Even his most staunch defenders may well concede that, post- Winelight, the revered Philadelphia saxophonist has been in something of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019
Steve Gadd and Friends: Live at Voce
Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco | Paul Bollenback | Ronnie Cuber | Steve Gadd
Some records can be enjoyed from the fi rst note, and this is one. Taped live at an off-the-beaten-track eatery...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: March/2012
Paolo Fresu/Richard Galliano/Jan Lundgren: Mare Nostrum III
Jan Lundgren | Paolo Fresu | Richard Galliano
Mare Nostrum (literally, ‘Our Sea’) is the latin for the Mediterranean. It’s also the name of a powerful European supercomputer...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2019
Louis Jordan: The Fifties Collection 1951-1958
By 1951 some of Louis Jordan's songs were already well-known and he was internationally established as a major entertainer. So,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2021
Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1
No fewer than 14 guitarists and three rhythm sections make up the Alternative Guitar Summit – an annual live event...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2022
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