Review of Dave Storey Trio: Circeo

Dave Storey Trio: Circeo

Conor Chaplin | Dave Storey | James Allsopp

Clonmell Jazz Social/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Dave Storey’s trio returns for a third album on the heels of 2019’s successful Bosco, comprising a set of recordings...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023

Review of Jonny Mansfield: The Air In Front Of You

Jonny Mansfield: The Air In Front Of You

Dominic Ingham | James Maddren | Jonny Mansfield | Midori Jaeger | Will Sach

Resonant Postcards

Rating: ★★★

Jonny Mansfield doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet - not content with learning to play the...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2023

Review of Album Interview: Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi: Altera Vita

Album Interview: Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi: Altera Vita

Alina Bzhezhinska | Muriel Grossman | Tony Kofi

BBE

Rating: ★★★★

Three rings on a singing bowl, and Altera Vita unfurls slowly, languorously, into being, a sonic lotus flower in a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2024

Review of One For All: Big George (featuring George Coleman)

One For All: Big George (featuring George Coleman)

David Hazeltine | Eric Alexander | George Coleman | Jim Rotondi | Joe Farnsworth | John Webber | Steve Davis

Smoke Sessions

Rating: ★★★★

The One for All collective dates back to 1997, but its music is as fresh today as it was then,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024

Review of Julie Sassoon/Lothar Ohlmeier/Mia Ohlmeier: Inside Colours Live

Julie Sassoon/Lothar Ohlmeier/Mia Ohlmeier: Inside Colours Live

Julie Sassoon | Lothar Ohlmeier | Mia Ohlmeier

Editor's Choice

JazzWerkstatt

Rating: ★★★★

The Manchester-raised, former classical pianist and violinist Julie Sassoon diverted into studies of her own as a 1990s post-grad at...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2024

Review of Manne up!: Shelly Manne & His Men: Jazz From the Pacific Northwest

Manne up!: Shelly Manne & His Men: Jazz From the Pacific Northwest

Conte Candoli | Frank Strozier | Hampton Hawes | Herb Geller | Monty Budwig | Russ Freeman | Ruth Price | Shelly Manne | Stu Williamson

Reel to Real

Rating: ★★★

It’s to be welcomed that the West Coast jazz scene in the 1940s, through the 50s and into the 60s,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2024

Review of Oregon: Treffpunkt Jazz Ludwigsburg 1990

Oregon: Treffpunkt Jazz Ludwigsburg 1990

Glen Moore | Paul McCandless | Ralph Towner | Trilok Gurtu

SWR Jazz Haus

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second iteration of Oregon, formed three years after the death of founder-member Collin Wallcott in 1984. Gurtu’s...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024

Review of Cal Tjader: Huracán

Cal Tjader: Huracán

Alex Rodriguez | Cal Tjader | Clare Fischer | Frank Rosolino | Gary Foster | Kurt McGettrick | Poncho Sanchez | Rick Zunigar | Robb Fisher | Ronald King

Editor's Choice

Liberation Music

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y: A New Beat

Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y: A New Beat

Anthony Hervey | Benny Bernack III | Erena Terakubo | Luther Allison | Milton Suggs | Phillip Norris | Ryoma Takenaga | Sarah Hanahan | Tyler Bullock | Ulysses Owen Jr

Cellar Music Group

Rating: ★★★

The sharp press rolls, form-marking accents and rhythmic drive that mark Ulysses Owens Jrs’ approach to drumming are steeped in...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2024

Review of Dexter Gordon: Daddy Plays The Horn

Dexter Gordon: Daddy Plays The Horn

Dexter Gordon | Kenny Drew | Larry Marable | Leroy Vinnegar

Bethlehem/Pure Pleasure

Rating: ★★★★★

In a perfect world, had things not gone all possession, penitentiary and parole boards, the 1950s could have been Dexter...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2024

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