Strictly Smokin’ Big Band: Strictly Smokin’ & Friends

Alan Barnes | Anthony Strong | Bruce Adams | Chris Gray | Chris Kurji-Smith | Dave Hignett | Dave Kerridge | Dick Stacey | Gareth Lockrane | Gordon Marshall

North-East based trumpeter Lamb founded the Strictly Smokin’ Big Band in 2004 (see story in Jazzwise 295) and has kept...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Coleman Hawkins/Clark Terry: Back In Bean's Bag

Art Davis | Chuck Israels | Clark Terry | Coleman Hawkins | Dave Bailey | Dick Hyman | Major Holley | Osie Johnson | Roy Haynes | Sonny Clark

To my knowledge this is the first time these two great artists recorded together. Fortunately, it proved to be a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2016

West Hill Blast Quartet: Live At Cafe Oto

Adam Hart | Brian Godding | Charlie Hart | Dave Chamber | Davey Payne | Ed Dean | George Khan | Maggie Nicols | Mel Davis | Mike Figgis

Although they draw on the vocabulary of free jazz, these four musicians are only, to varying degrees, free jazz musicians...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: April/2016

Jon Regen: Satisfied Mind

Dave McMurray | Gino Robair | Jeremy Stacey | Jon Regen | Judith Owen | Julia Kent | Katie Jacoby | Larry Goldings | Matt Johnson | Pino Palladino

“I called the album Satisfied Mind because it's the first time a collection of songs truly sounds like me”, New...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2023

Album Interview: Nat Birchall: World Without Form

Adam Fairhall | Andy Hay | Corey Mwamba | Jon Thorne | Nat Birchall | Nick Blacka | Paul Hession

Birchall's follow-up to last year's excellent Sacred Dimension finds him further pursuing his heartfelt devotion to the spirit and sound...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2012

Ran Blake: Ghost Tones

Aaron Hartley | Brad Barrett | Charles Burchell | Dave Fabris | David Flaherty | Doug Pet | Eric Lane | Jason Yeager | Luke Moldof | Peter Konagy

An absorbing project that pays tribute to Blake's inspiration and colleague, George Russell, done the year after the latter's death....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015

Slowly Rolling Camera: Juniper

Aidan Thorne | Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Elliot Bennett | James Copus | Mark Lockheart | Neil Yates | Nicolas Kummert | Sam Glaser | Stuart McCallum

Juniper marks a return to deep roots for Slowly Rolling Camera. Much loved as Dionne Bennett's vox were, the band...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018

Charlie Rouse: Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues/Takin' Care Of Business!/Getting' Into Somethin'

Art Taylor | Billy Gardner | Blue Mitchell | Charlie Rouse | Clark Terry | Curtis Fuller | Dave Bailey | Earl May | Gildo Mahones | Horace Parlan

When, in 1959, Charlie Rouse took over the tenor sax chair in Thelonious Monk's Quartet, it could have turned out...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2012

Various Artists: West Meets East: Indian Music and its Influence on the West

Though it was George Harrison who first introduced Indian music to mainstream Western pop audiences through his sitar embellishment on...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: October/2020

Charenee Wade: Offering: The Music Of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Alvester Garnett | Brandon McCune | Charenee Wade | Christian McBride | Dave Stryker | Lakecia Benjamin | Lonnie Plaxico | Malcolm Jamal-Warner | Marcus Miller | Stefon Harris

Not for nothing did Christian McBride recently describe singer Wade as “the second coming of Betty Carter”. Hearing the master...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2015