Review of Burton Bradstock: All Upon a Lovely Summer's Day

Burton Bradstock: All Upon a Lovely Summer's Day

Burton Bradstock | Dave Ohm | Dorian Ford | Iain Ballamy | Joanne Davies | Julian Ferraretto | Nozomi Cohen | Pete Berryman | Riaan Vosloo | Robin Martin

F-IRE Presents

Rating: ★★★

Burton Bradstock is not only the name of a village down on Dorset's Jurassic coast, it's also the alter ego...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2013

Review of Avery Sharpe Double Quartet: I Am My Neighbor’s Keeper

Avery Sharpe Double Quartet: I Am My Neighbor’s Keeper

Anton Kot | Avery Sharpe | Dave Haughey | Gregory Diehl | Kaila Graef | Mat DeChamplain | Sarah Briggs | Tony Vacca | Wanda Rivera | Yoron Israel

JKNM Records

Rating: ★★★

In common with many listeners, I discovered Avery Sharpe’s work during his two-decades-plus as bassist with McCoy Tyner, hearing him...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2024

Review of John Stein: Lifeline

John Stein: Lifeline

Alexandre Zamith | Daniel Grajew | Dave Hurst | Dave Zinno | David ‘Fathead’ Newman | Ed Lucie | Evan Harlan | Fernando Brandão | Frank Herzberg | Greg Conroy

Editor's Choice

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★★

We reviewed Kansas City guitarist Stein's Whaling City Serendipity CD favourably in our October 2021 issue, while admitting that his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Review of Mike Walker: Ropes

Mike Walker: Ropes

Adam Nussbaum | Ali Howes | Becca Thompson | Benedict Holland | Cheryl Law | Clark Rundell | Diane Manson | Gemma Babs | Gwilym Simcock | Helen Tonge

Madhouse

Rating: ★★★

Manchester's Mike Walker, one of the most exciting and imaginative jazz-to-fusion guitarists in Europe, has been thrilling audiences and captivating...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2019

Review of Album Interview: Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble: The Spirit of Trane

Album Interview: Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble: The Spirit of Trane

Enzo Zirilli | Frank Harrison | Gilad Atzmon | Yaron Stavi

Fanfare

Rating: ★★★★

Fifty years since his death, Coltrane's spirit lives on through the jazz works of many artists, not least Gilad Atzmon....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2017

Review of Tubby Hayes: Tubby The Tenor/Tubby's Back In Town/Boston ‘64

Tubby Hayes: Tubby The Tenor/Tubby's Back In Town/Boston ‘64

Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Horace Parlan | James Moody | Joe Cocuzzo | John Neves | Louis Hayes | Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Editor's Choice

Fresh Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Tubby Hayes continues to impress today in much the same way he did way back when these remarkable recordings were...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Andy Scott + Group S: Ruby and All Things Purple

Andy Scott + Group S: Ruby and All Things Purple

Andy Scott | Barbara Thompson | Chris Caldwell | Dave Graham | Elliot Henshaw | Gwilym Simcock | James Pusey | Jim Fieldhouse | John Helliwell | Jon Hiseman

Basho

Rating: ★★★

Formed in 1995, saxophonist Andy Scott's Manchester-based SaxAssault has recently changed its name to Group S to reflect the less...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Review of Collective X: Love & Protest

Collective X: Love & Protest

Alya Al-Sultani | Clemens Christian Potzssch | Cleveland Watkiss | Dave Ital | Joshua Idehen | Mark Sanders | Neil Charles | Orphy Robinson | Pat Thomas | Robert Menzel

Two Rivers

Rating: ★★★

Vocalist Alya Al-Sultani may currently have a relatively low profile on the UK jazz scene, but this new project Collective...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Michael J McEvoy: The Long Way Home

Michael J McEvoy: The Long Way Home

Ben Castle | Calum Gourlay | Dave Hamblett | Gerard Presencer | James Maddren | Jason Rebello | Mark Nightingale | Michael J McEvoy | Nigel Hitchcock | Tom Farmer

Rezzonator Music

Rating: ★★★

The name Michael J McEvoy might not ring a bell even though he's someone who has forged a successful career...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Review of Pavillon: Strong Tea

Pavillon: Strong Tea

Andy Panayi | Dave Whitford | Gene Calderazzo | Hans Koller | Jeremy Price | Jim Rattigan | Martin Speake | Mick Foster | Percy Pursglove | Robbie Robson

Pavillon

Rating: ★★★★

Jim Rattigan, who leads the A-list cast of experienced Brit-based jazzers that make up Pavillon, was a former principal French...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

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