Review of Snazzback: Ruins Everything

Snazzback: Ruins Everything

Adam Kammerling | Alfie Grieve | Chris Langton | Dave Sanders | Eli Jitsuto | Hal Sutherland | Myke Vince | Soss | tlk | Will Scott-Hartley

Worm Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Having steadily grown from a busy busking collective into an even busier live band, the pandemic hit Bristol septet Snazzback...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2023

Review of Fontanelle: Vitamin F

Fontanelle: Vitamin F

Andy Brown | Borg Norum | Brian Foote | Dave Carter | Gentry Densley | Hans Treuber | Jef Brown | Mat Morgan | Paul Dickow | Randall Dunn

Southern Lord

Rating: ★★★★

It's 10 years since Portland, Oregon's Fontanelle released an album, during which they've upgraded from ambient grooves to down and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013

Review of Theo Travis: Songs From The Apricot Tree

Theo Travis: Songs From The Apricot Tree

Ancient Mariner | Dave Sturt | David Longdon | Gaddy Zerbib | Jack Haigh | Jakko Jakszyk | John Etheridge | Josh Williams | Reinaldo Ocando | Richard Salmon

Ethersounds

Rating: ★★★

Having already established himself in jazz, prog, rock and ambient music, multi-instrumentalist Theo Travis now seems to be planting his...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: September/2021

Review of Digby Fairweather: Notes From A Jazz Life Volume 3

Digby Fairweather: Notes From A Jazz Life Volume 3

Dave Shepherd's Dixielanders | Denny Wright | Digby Fairweather | Digby Fairweather-Danny Moss Quintet | Keith Ingham | Lennie Hastings | Lennie Hastings Quartet | M&B Jam Session | Stan Barker | Susannah McCorkle

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Volumes One and Two were reviewed in Jazzwise 251 and 269. Rather than re-visit those texts, let's look again at...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2023

Review of Louis Armstrong: Louis & The Good Book

Louis Armstrong: Louis & The Good Book

Barrett Deems | Billy Kyle | Dave McRae | Edmond Hall | Everett Barksdale | George Barnes | Hank D’Amico | Louis Armstrong | Mort Herbert | Nick Tragg

20th Century Masterworks

Rating: ★★★

Here’s an oddity in a discography peppered with all manner of strange twists and turns: the defiantly secular Satchmo tackles...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2023

Review of Ray Guntrip & Tina May: Mood in Blue

Ray Guntrip & Tina May: Mood in Blue

Bobby Cleall | Damian Hawker | Dave Harvey | Emily Hunter | Frank Dawkins | Gary Barnacle | Jack Birchwood | John Webb | Lawrence Fletcher | Nik Carter

Digimix Records

Rating: ★★★

Veteran pianist-composer Guntrip has evidently been a busy figure on the UK scene for many years, sometimes uniting with jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024

Review of Ben Webster: The Warm Moods

Ben Webster: The Warm Moods

Barney Bigard | Ben Webster | Benny Carter | Dave Barbour | Don Bagley | Frank Capp | Gene Di Novi | Jimmy Rowles | Johnny Richards | Leroy Vinnegar

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

I've just been gazing wistfully at a flyer for Dopey Dick's Jazzhouse in West Hampstead. On three separate Wednesdays in...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2014

Review of Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscope of Rainbows

Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscope of Rainbows

Barbara Thompson | Bob Bertles | Brian Smith | Dave Macrae | Geoff Castle | Ian Carr | Ken Shaw | Neil Ardley | Paul Buckmaster | Roger Sellers

Gull

This is the final part of an Ardley trilogy, preceded by two highly collectable British jazz vinyl albums, Greek Variations...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2022

Review of Paz: Variation and Creation: The Story of Paz

Paz: Variation and Creation: The Story of Paz

Adam Salkeld | Alain Presencer | Allan Holdsworth | Andre Messender | Ankalo Perez | Brian Godding | Brian Smith | Brian Wilson | Chris Dagley | Chris Fletcher

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★

Paz came into existence in 1972, having formerly been known as The Dick Crouch Band featuring Lol Coxhill.Essentially a London-based...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025

Review of Jim Rattigan's Pavilion: The Freedom of Movement

Jim Rattigan's Pavilion: The Freedom of Movement

Andy Panayi | Dave Whitford | Hans Koller | Jim Rattigan | Mark Nightingale | Martin France | Martin Speake | Mick Foster | Percy Pursglove | Robbie Robson

Three Worlds Records

Rating: ★★★★

French horn isn't one of the quintessential jazz instruments, but Jim Rattigan is a good enough player, composer and leader...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2020

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