Review of Earprint: Endectomorph Music

Earprint: Endectomorph Music

Endectomorph Music

Rating: ★★★

Bassist Simón Wilson's quartet is a diversely contemporary amalgamation of leftfield New York jazz, progressive bop, abstract classical and post-rock...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Review of Ella Fitzgerald: Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Ella Fitzgerald: Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Reprise

Rating: ★★★

After her 1969 pop experiments with Richard Perry for Reprise this finds Ella's next venture for the label on firm...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Review of Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father Of Origin

Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father Of Origin

Abdul Wadud | Ali Abuwi | Charles ‘Bobo’ Shaw | Earl Cross | Frank Lowe | Gene Dinwiddie | Julius Hemphill | Juma Sultan | Philip Wilson | Ralph Walsh

Eremite

Rating: ★★★★

This astonishing audio/visual box set tells the hitherto undocumented story of bass player/percussionist Juma Sultan and his Aboriginal Music Society...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: May/2012

Review of Ben Bryden: 1957 Flying Scot

Ben Bryden: 1957 Flying Scot

hughbryden.com

Rating: ★★

A special edition booklet and 2-disc set featuring poet Rab Wilson reciting “racing bicycle” sonnets while taking inspiration from them...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2011

Review of Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

State of Art

Rating: ★★★

Driving the big bands of Gerald Wilson or Gil Fuller, Charles is in his element, and transforms country fare into...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Review of TRYPL

TRYPL

Trevor Mires

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist Paul Booth is one of the co-leaders of TRYPL, the other two being trumpeter Ryan Quigley and trombonist Trevor...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Review of The Pete Malinverni Trio: Heaven

The Pete Malinverni Trio: Heaven

Saranac

Rating: ★★

This piano trio's album is defiantly MOR, but not a bad mix of laidback Bill Evans-like ballads, soul jazz and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Review of Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Childs' last new release, 2017's Rebirth, was greeted with considerable pleasure in Jazzwise 218 and with nothing less than a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Review of Michael Dease: Coming Home

Michael Dease: Coming Home

Caligola

Rating: ★★★

This 30-year-old Wycliffe Gordon-mentored ’bonist has a quintet of Christian McBride (Dease plays in his big band), performing a post-bop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Review of Edmond Hall with the Ralph Sutton Quartet: “Live” at Club Hangover

Edmond Hall with the Ralph Sutton Quartet: “Live” at Club Hangover

Sounds of Yesteryear

Rating: ★★★★

Complementing the Commodore Quartets that Ed Hall made with Teddy Wilson, this 1954 set of broadcasts – well recorded and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

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