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
Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice
A long time part of Bonnie Raitt's band, and a fine contributor to Rickie Lee Jones’ current and superb album,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015
Bill Evans/Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Beauty & The Beast
Bill Evans | The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
Ah, but who is ‘Beauty’, who the ‘Beast’? Originally written for another muscular sax man, Dave Liebman, who first performed...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017
Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms and Sea Changes
Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam | Roshan ‘Tosh’ Wijetunge
The pianist Jim Blomfield has been a fixture on the creative music scene in Bristol since 1991, and has also...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013
Duke Ellington: Berlin 1959
In one sense, this is merely a typical Ellington concert, therefore with some moments of interest and others you’ve heard...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2021
Paul Motian: Tribute
Carlos Ward | Charlie Haden | Paul Metzke | Paul Motian | Sam Brown
A product of what I think was Manfred Eicher's second trip to New York for the purposes of recording, which...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2019
XPQ – Vasilis Xenopoulos/Nigel Price Quintet: Sidekicks
Dario Di Lecce | Nigel Price | Steve Brown | Vasilis Xenopoulos
The co-leaders work well together, their respective styles each the ideal match for the other. Price is a supple player,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2018
Ferit Odman: Dameronia With Strings
Danny Grissett | David O’Rourke | Ferit Odman | Peter Washington | Terell Stafford
Thirty-four-year-old Odman is a new name to me, but this stalwart of the Turkish scene already has two previous CDs...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016
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