Volker Kriegel & Friends: Jazzfest Berlin '81
Eberhard Weber | Ralf Huebner | Thomas Betterman | Volker Kriegel | Wolfgang Schlüter
Guitarist Volker Kriegel (1943-2003) proved to be an impressive partner for vibist Dave Pike who were both inspired by...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013
Charles Mingus: Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection
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
Teodross Avery: Harlem Stories: The Music of Thelonious Monk
The precocious sax virtuosity that got Teodross Avery a record deal in 1992 while a 19 year-old Berklee College student...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2020
Various Artists: Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions
Mosaic’s carefully curated new set comes with the usual learned commentary (this time by Thomas Cunliffe) and is a wonderful...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025
Charlie Parker: Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes
Charlie Parker didn't invent the idea of releasing the alternate takes that occur, for musical or technical reasons, during studio...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2016
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
Chris Morrissey: North Hero
Aaron Parks | Chris Morrissey | Mark Guiliana | Mike Lewis
Chris Morrissey is a young New York-based bassist originally from the Minnesota area with a circle of collaborators that that...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV
Brandon Seabrook | Eivind Opsvik | Jacob Sacks | Kenny Wollesen | Tony Malaby
The instrument at the heart of this recording by the prolific New Yorkbased Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik is the harpsichord....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012
Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Payan
Alexander von Schlippenbach | Alexander Von Schlippenbach
Never, perhaps, has the case for improvisation as spontaneous composition been made as convincingly as by Germany's Alexander Von Schlippenbach,...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2014
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