Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles

Dafnis Prieto | Felipe Lamoglia | Johannes Weidenmueller | Manuel Valera | Mike Rodriguez | Peter Apfelbaum

Dafnis Prieto is really in a class of his own. A genius in his own right, he's not only a...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2015

Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond and the Dave Brubeck Trio: The Complete 1972 Berlin Jazz Concert

Alan Dawson | Dave Brubeck | Gerry Mulligan | Jack Six | Paul Desmond

The Mulligan, Desmond, Brubeck package toured Europe in October/November 1972, resulting in the album Together Again for the First Time...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015

Modern Jazz Quartet: Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in a climate where everything from “Ghost” orchestras (Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Sun Ra...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Wilford Brimley: with the Jeff Hamilton Trio

A veteran American fi lm and TV actor turns singer for one night and gives an understated Broadway-ish slant on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Phi-Psonics: The Cradle

Josh Collazo | Mitchell Yoshida | Seth Ford-Young | Sylvain Carton

Once Gondwana’s Matthew Halsall heard this album – originally released in the US as a limited edition vinyl LP –...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2022

Oddarrang: In Cinema

Ilmari Pohjola | Lasse Lindgren | Lasse Sakara | Olavi Louhivuori | Osmo Ikonen

This CD was originally written in the context of a musical score for a series of four abstract experimental films...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

John Surman/John Warren: The Brass Project

Andrew Waddicor | Chris Laurence | Chris Pyne | David Stewart | Henry Lowther | John Marshall | John Surman | John Warren | Malcolm Griffiths | Richard Edwards

Somehow this fine album has previously eluded me, despite possessing much Surman from before and since. Though there is no...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2019

Ray Charles: The Complete ABC Recordings 1959-1961

Ray Charles

Such was Ray Charles's profile when he left Atlantic that he immediately secured one of the most lucrative deals of...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2012

Johnny Hartman: Four Classic Albums Plus

Andrew Hill | Anthony Ortega | Christy Febbi | Danny Mendelsohn | Dizzy Gillespie | Ernie Royal | Ernie Wilkins | Frank Hunter | Frank Rehak | Gene Gammage

It is a mystery to me why Johnny Hartman is still revered by some fans of vocal jazz. These 4-LPs-...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022

Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Carl Maraghi | Christian McBride | Daryl Shaw | Doug Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | Geoffrey Keezer | James Burton | Lew Soloff | Loren Schoenberg

A great contemporary bassist, McBride has also become an important educator and advocate for both the artform and African-American culture...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020