Review of Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Bill MacCormick | Brian Eno | Dave MacRae | Dave Macrae | Dave Sinclair | Mutter Korus | Phil Miller | Robert Wyatt

Esoteric

Rating: ★★★★

Matching Mole are usually seen as a transitionary stage in the career of Robert Wyatt. The group formed in 1971,...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012

Review of The Louis Fragoroso Big Band: Loud and Live – The LFBB at the Sheboygan Arena

The Louis Fragoroso Big Band: Loud and Live – The LFBB at the Sheboygan Arena

Louis Fragoroso

Thunderous

Rating: ★★★★

Louis Fragoroso was a small man with a very big sound. Very big. Long-serving saxophonist Bentley Drummond recalled, “Louis was...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: April/2018

Review of Serge Chaloff: Boss Baritone

Serge Chaloff: Boss Baritone

Al Cohn | Al Haig | Allen Eager | Artie Bernstein | Barbara Carroll | Bennie Green | Bill Harris | Boots Mussulli | Bud Powell | Buddy Jones

Properbox

Rating: ★★★★

One of Woody Herman’s original sainted Four Brothers, poll winning baritone saxist Serge Chaloff had it all: a sharp dresser,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2011

Review of Contraband: Time & Space

Contraband: Time & Space

Brian Moffatt | Bruce Cale | Charles Orena | David Pritchard | Pete Robinson

Epic 1971

With Fontanelle's new album Vitamin F currently making waves, it'd be nice to think the ring modulator is primed for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

Review of Linda Oh: Initial Here

Linda Oh: Initial Here

Dayna Stephens | Fabian Almazan | Jen Shyu | Linda Oh | Rudy Royston

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★★

Initial Here is the second album from bassist Linda Oh: born in Malaysia, raised in Perth and now resident in...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2012

Review of Ingrid Laubrock Octet: Zürich Concert

Ingrid Laubrock Octet: Zürich Concert

Ben Davis | Drew Gress | Ingrid Laubrock | Liam Noble | Mary Halvorson | Ted Reichman | Tom Arthurs | Tom Rainey

Intakt Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Ingrid Laubrock is a musician of rare sensitivity and imagination (this is me talking, by the way, not the press...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2014

Review of Linda Oh: Sun Pictures

Linda Oh: Sun Pictures

Ben Wendel | James Muller | Linda Oh | Ted Poor

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★

Apparently Australian bassist/composer Linda Oh spent her youth playing in Red Hot Chili Peppers cover bands. You'd never guess she...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014

Review of Harry Connick Jr: Every Man Should Know

Harry Connick Jr: Every Man Should Know

Harry Connick Jr

Sony Music

Rating: ★★

Presenting 12 self-penned songs for which he also wrote the arrangements, this latest from the singer-songwriter offers a little bit...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013

Review of Shintaro Quintet: Evolution

Shintaro Quintet: Evolution

Shintaro Nakamura

Streetnoise/BBE

Rating: ★★★

British label BBE's ‘ J Jazz Master series’, which focuses on independent and largely unknown parts of the Japanese scene...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2021

Review of Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62

Deep dive into The Divine: Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One – A Centenary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62

Al Casey | Al Haig | Al McKibbon | Benny Green | Big Nick Nicholas | Bill De Arango | Billy Butterfield | Billy Kyle | Billy Taylor | Bob Haggart

Editor's Choice

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★★

In Sarah Vaughan’s centenary year, it’s great to have a reminder of her route to stardom, and this collection manages...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2024

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