Sonny Rollins: Our Man In Jazz
Billy Higgins | Bob Cranshaw | Don Cherry | Henry Grimes | Sonny Rollins
There is a very valid argument that says the Village Vanguard session with Elvin Jones and Wilbur Ware is one...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2017
Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Volume 1
Chicagoan cornet player Mazurekadopts the dense collage style sosuccessfully sustained by MatanaRoberts during her acclaimed CoinCoin series, but on this...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2015
Michel Legrand: Legrand Jazz
The reissue label (yet another entity legally domiciled in Andorra?) would have you believe that this music should be credited...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2021
Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy
Poet and jazz critic LeRoi Jones – later known as Amiri Baraka – was a pioneer of fusing poetry and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2022
Art Pepper: Gettin' Together!
1957's Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section – the rhythm section in question being Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2011
John Coltrane: European Tour 1962
Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
More live Coltrane – yawn! Sorry, that's sacrilege, I know. And, in any case, it turns out that it's not...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2017
James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis
In the third and final section of ‘Triptych’, the highlight of this outstanding album James Brandon Lewis’ quartet engages in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
Lars Danielsson: Signature Editions 3
Lars Danielsson is an exceptional bass player, even in a part of the world that seems to specialise in exceptional...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2010
Marquis Hill: The Way We Play
If you skip the opening voiceover band introductory track, this turns out to be an interesting and pleasurable album featuring...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2016
Simon Moullier: Isla
Alexander Claffy | Jongkuk Kim | Lex Korten | Simon Moullier
Vibraphone-led groups are nowhere near as common as those fronted by piano or saxophone, but US-based French vibraphonist Simon Moullier...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023
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