Review of The Gascoyne O'Higgins Quartet: The Real Note Vol. 2

The Gascoyne O'Higgins Quartet: The Real Note Vol. 2

Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

Jazzizit

Rating: ★★★★

Following the satisfying Vol. 1 comes the understandably titled Vol. 2 of this band's exploration of ‘contrafacts’: new compositions built...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2014

Review of Linley Hamilton: Making Other Arrangements

Linley Hamilton: Making Other Arrangements

Ben Castle | Brendan Doyle | Cian Boylan | Dave Redmond | Dayna Masters | Guy Rickarby | Linley Hamilton | Nigel Clarke

Teddy D

Rating: ★★★

Trumpeter Hamilton is a luminary of the Northern Ireland jazz scene: well-known as a broadcaster, teacher and jazz activist. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2018

Review of Dead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes

Dead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes

Bill Carbone | Charlie Kohlhase | Dave Ambrosio | Jared Sims | Matt Steckler | Terry Goss

Cuneiform Rune

Rating: ★★★

Dead Cat Bounce, led by New York-based composer and reedsman Matt Steckler, has a cheeky, massed horn approach similar to...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2012

Review of Dan Nicholls: Ruins

Dan Nicholls: Ruins

Dan Nicholls | Dave Smith | James Allsopp | Kit Downes | Shabaka Hutchings | Tom Challenger

Loop Records

Rating: ★★★★

Until fairly recently the Staffordshire-born Dan Nicholls was one of the least visible members of North London’s LOOP Collective. But...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Review of Don Ellis: The Hindustani Jazz Orchestra Live at UCLA

Don Ellis: The Hindustani Jazz Orchestra Live at UCLA

Chuck Domanico | Dave Mackay | Don Ellis | Emil Richards | Gable Baltazar | Hari Har Rao | Steve Bohannon

Sleepy Night

Rating: ★★★★

Ellis had already been making a name for himself in jazz with albums like How Time Passes (1960) and New...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022

Review of The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet: Got The Real Note

The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet: Got The Real Note

Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

Jazzizit

Rating: ★★★★

Of course you’ve got to check out the bright young things, but if ever there was a band to default...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013

Review of Basquiat Strings: Part Two

Basquiat Strings: Part Two

Amanda Drummond | Ben Davis | Dave Smith | Emma Smith | Jennymay Logan | Richard Pryce | Seb Rochford | Vicky Fifield

F-IRE

Rating: ★★★★

I saw Basquiat Strings at Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion in 2008, not long after they were nominated for the...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: July/2013

Review of Anthropology Band: Scald – Live 2022

Anthropology Band: Scald – Live 2022

Adam Fairclough | Anton Hunter | Charlotte Keefe | Chris Sharkey | Dave Sturt | Martin Archer | Orphy Robinson | Pat Thomas

Discus

Rating: ★★★

One of the good things about being Martin Archer must be that, as sole proprietor of an underground jazz record...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2023

Review of Shawnn Monteiro: You Are There

Shawnn Monteiro: You Are There

Dave Zinno | Joe Farnsworth | John Allmark | Josh Bruneau | Kenny Barron | Mike Renzi | Nat Reeves | Shawnn Monteiro | Steve Davis | Steve Langone

Whaling City Sound WCS 128

Rating: ★★★

Monteiro is the daughter of the late bassist Jimmy Woode, and dedicates this album to him. Father and daughter did...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022

Review of Nick Levinovsky: Special Opinion

Nick Levinovsky: Special Opinion

Bill Evans | Dave Weckl | Igor Butman | Mike Stern | Mitch Stein | Nick Levinovsky | Randy Brecker | the Moscow Jazz Orchestra | Tom Kennedy

Butman Music

Rating: ★★★

Here's a project with no side to it. Just straight-ahead, brass rich jazz-rock. The likes of Bill Evans and Mike...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2014

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