Mulgrew Miller: Solo In Barcelona

Mulgrew Miller

A welcome reminder of the talent of Miller, gone these 10 years already, and an amplification of our previous knowledge....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2023

Joe Stilgoe: The Heat Is On!: Swinging The 80s

The question: how will mainstream 1980s rock film themes stand up to retro big-band swing arrangements? The answer: surprisingly well,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Things to Sound: 3

If you woz there, then this 42-minute free improv piece by a Swiss trio featuring saxophonist Tobias Meier ‘live’ at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Sonar with David Torn: Vortex

David Kikoski | Jacquelene Acevedo | Jeremy Pelt | Kush Abadey | Ralph Peterson | Ugonna Okegwo | Wyne Escoffery

Three electric guitars in one band is normally a no-go for the sane among us, but Sonar’s King Crimson-ish post-rock...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Dave Brubeck Quartet: At the Sunset Center, Carmel 1955

Bob Bates | Dave Brubeck | Joe Dodge | Paul Desmond

The release of this CD presents, for the first time ever, the complete concert by the Dave Brubeck Quartet at...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2017

Lafayette Harris: Swingin’ Up In Harlem

Lafayette Harris | Lewis Nash | Peter Washington

Born in Baltimore in 1963, Harris studied with Kenny Barron and made it to New York in the mid-1980s. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Joe Farrell: Skate Board Park

Bob Magnusson | Chick Corea | Joe Farrell | Laurence Marable

When Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison left the John Coltrane quartet, the saxophonist who caught their ear was Chicago-born Joseph...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie: Winter Garden

Eraldo Bernocchi | Harold Budd | Robin Guthrie

I was lucky to first hear Winter Garden while trapped in the middle of a Siberian snow storm. Just as...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012

David S Ware Trio: Live In New York, 2010

David S Ware | Warren Smith | William Parker

As far as openings to a concert go, the five-minute solo by Ware is a statement of the grandest intent....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2017

Wilma Baan: Look At Me Now!

Graham Harvey | James McMillan | Jeremy Brown | Nat Steele | Nigel Price | Sebastiaan de Krom | Tristan Banks | Wilma Baan

From the swinging opener ‘Oh! Look at Me Now’ to the striking ballad ‘Never Let Me Go’, vocalist Wilma Baan's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2023