Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda
Alex Garnett | James Maddren | Liam Noble | Michael Janisch | Tim Armacost
Our interview with highly regarded US tenor-saxophonist Tim Armacost (Jazzwise 185, August 2014) set the stage for this release, the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015
Tim Garland: ReFocus
Since the British reeds-playing composer Tim Garland is an eclectically powerful storyteller and musical landscape-painter, it was always likely that...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2020
Stix Hooper: Mainstream Straight-Ahead/Many Hats/Jazz Gems
Hooper of course was the man in the drum chair of the Crusaders, from their soul bop days as the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2013
Alune Wade: Sultan
“I have never stopped reading,” explains France-based Senegalese singer, composer and bass virtuoso Alune Wade of the rich sources and...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2022
Album Interview: Van Morrison: Born to Sing: No Plan B
Van Morrison has jazz in his blood, only a fool would think otherwise, and Born to Sing is the latest...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012
Nucleus with Leon Thomas: Live 1970
Brian Smith | Chris Spedding | Ian Carr | Jeff Clyne | John Marshall | Karl Jenkins | Leon Thomas
This immaculate double album on 180gram vinyl of Nucleus' June 1970 Montreux Jazz Festival appearance with vocalist Leon Thomas is...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Joel Harrison Angel Band: Free Country: Volume 3
Harrison has the urge within to ever explore; his releases have put music of all kinds under the spotlight, from...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Charlie Parker/Fats Navarro: Complete Live at Birdand
There will be plenty of older fans who will affectionately remember the old CBS double LP of this material from...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2021
Tubby Hayes: Without A Song Rare Live Recordings 1954-73
One ponders under whose bed these tapes have been gathering dust in an old shoebox? Back to reality. The five...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2015
Stix Hooper: Live in LA/We Went West/A Jazz Moment In Time
A slew of releases from the one time Crusaders drum man and producer. A Jazz Moment In Time will intrigue...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2016
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