Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind
The trumpet-guitar-bass line-up inevitably recalls the Chet Baker trios of his later years, and the 25-year-old Sauqué looks recognisably soulful...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2021
Cal Tjader: Huracán
After spells with Dave Brubeck and George Shearing, vibraphonist, occasional drummer and bandleader Cal Tjader devoted himself to Latin and...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024
Eyolf Dale: The Space Between Two Notes
Audun Kleive | Eyolf Dale | Miho Hazama | Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Per Zanussi
The title recalls the scene in The Simpsons where Lisa tells a supercilious jazz club punter, “Listen to the notes...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024
Back Door: Back Door/8th Street Nights/Another Fine Mess
Like a wintry blast from their Yorkshire moors lair where much of their music coalesced, Back Door arrived in 1972,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015
Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan: Brooklyn Brothers
Al Foster | Cecil Payne | Duke Jordan | Sam Jones
Four master hard boppers who've all been there, done that and got their luggage filled with t-shirts! Of all the...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2017
John Coltrane: Complete Live at Sutherland Lounge
Elvin Jones | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman
It's probably the sound quality that’ll determine whether you buy this. This series of broadcasts was doubtless recorded with a...
Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat: Northern Flame
Angus Milne | Emma Johnson | Fergus Vickers | Richard Jones | Steve Hanley
More evidence, if any were needed, of the vitality of the Northern scene, and the distinctive voices emerging from it....
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Ben Williams: Coming Of Age
Andy Hague | Ben Waghorn | Chris Jones | Jim Blomfield | Mark Whitlam
Even before he landed a high profile gig with Pat Metheny, Ben Williams attracted attention through impressive work with the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019
Binker Golding: Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy
Billy Adamson | Binker Golding | Daniel Casimir | Sam Jones | Sarah Tandy
Binker & Moses helped set the UK New Jazz template, but Binker Golding has chafed against its tenets ever since....
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2022
Eric Alexander Trio: Just One Of Those Things
Dezron Douglas | Eric Alexander | Neal Smith
Eric Alexander gets to his inner John Coltrane from the first notes of ‘Just One of Those Things’ to the...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2017
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