Leon Spencer: Where I’m Coming From
Texas-born Spencer (1945–2012) is today little-known, but was in the early 1970s an in-demand jazz organist, playing on sessions for...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2024
The Pete Hurt Jazz Orchestra: A New Start
Hurt, long a notable presence on the metropolitan scene released a small big band album on Spotlite way back in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016
Hubert Laws: Crying Song/Afro-Classic/The Rite of Spring
What a fascinating little time-capsule this double-CD reissue is. The three albums, recorded for Creed Taylor's CTI label between 1969...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2014
John & Beverley Martyn: Stormbringer!
There is no need to justify Martyn's presence in Jazzwise; his collaborations with Danny Thompson and John Stevens on Live...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018
Uri Caine: The Drummer Boy
Caine is an excellent pianist and arranger, while Gustav Mahler was an extraordinary composer. But hearing the famous passing—note discord...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2012
Herbie Mann: Today!
Whereas Stan Getz reluctantly bowed to the inescapable truth that his Bossa Nova repertoire elevated him to international Top 40...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2014
The New Jazz Orchestra: Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe
To those in the know this band has long been regarded as one of the best, if not the best...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015
Maria Schneider Orchestra: The Thompson Fields
This programmatic set of eight original compositions by Maria Schneider, evoking her childhood and early adolescent memories of the middle...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2015
Duduvudu: The Gospel According To Dudu Pukwana
As the strand of South African gigs at last year's London jazz festival showed, the spirit of the alto saxophonist...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2015
William Parker: Universal Tonality
The veteran bassist-bandleader William Parker has reached the point in his career where he stands like a tall tree around...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
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