Review of Chick Corea: Tones for Joan's Bones

Chick Corea: Tones for Joan's Bones

Chick Corea | Joe Chambers | Joe Farrell | Steve Swallow | Woody Shaw

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★

This classy Japanese reissue of Corea's debut as a leader on LP for Herbie Mann's Vortex label, then distributed by...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Review of Ran Blake/Claire Ritter: Eclipse Orange

Ran Blake/Claire Ritter: Eclipse Orange

Claire Ritter | Kent O'Doherty | Ran Blake

Zoning

Rating: ★★★

By coincidence, this new recording of Blake appears almost simultaneously with the archive material of his duo with Jeanne Lee...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2019

Review of Mark Perry/Duncan Eagles: Road Ahead

Mark Perry/Duncan Eagles: Road Ahead

Chris Nickolls | Duncan Eagles | Gareth Lockrane | Mark Perry | Max Luthert | Ola Onabule | Sam Leak

F-IRE Presents

Rating: ★★★

The saxophonist and co-leader of this quintet, Duncan Eagles, is known on the scene for his membership of the dynamic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Review of Hugh Lawson/Richard Wyands: Jazzcraft Studio Recordings 1977-78

Hugh Lawson/Richard Wyands: Jazzcraft Studio Recordings 1977-78

Ben Riley | Bob Cranshaw | David Lee | Hugh Lawson | Lisle Atkinson | Richard Wyands

Storyville

Rating: ★★★

The Danish label Jazzcraft seems to have been active during two visits to New York in the late 1970s, and...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2013

Review of Tubby Hayes Big Band: Rumpus – Live In North Finchley, London 1969

Tubby Hayes Big Band: Rumpus – Live In North Finchley, London 1969

Bill Geldard | Brian Smith | David Horler | Greg Bowen | Harry Klein | Ian Hamer | Keith Christie | Kenny Wheeler | Les Condon | Louis Stewart

Editor's Choice

Savage Solweig

Rating: ★★★★

It has long been the ambition of many jazz musicians to either lead their own big band or record with...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2015

Review of Various Artists: Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions

Various Artists: Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions

Al Gibson | Al Killian | Anita Boyer | Arnold Ross | Art Hodes | Art Pepper | Art Tatum | Arthur Duncan | Artie Shapiro | Baby Dodds

Editor's Choice

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

The middle of a World War, during a national shortage of shellac, might seem the craziest time to start a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2022

Review of Orchestre National de Jazz: Dancing in Your Head(s)

Orchestre National de Jazz: Dancing in Your Head(s)

Anna-Lena Schnabel | Bruno Ruder | Catherine Delaunay | Christiane Bopp | Daniel Zimmermann | Didier Havet | Ellinoa Leïla Martial | Elsa Moatti | Fabien Debellefontaine | Fabien Norbert

ONJ Records

Rating: ★★★★

Unlike the UK, the French see jazz as part of the essence of their culture. Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ)...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2020

Review of Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico

Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico

Ulf Wakenius

ACT

Rating: ★★★

If Erik Satie had thought of it, he'd no doubt have wanted to recast his minimalistic piano piece ‘Gnossienne’ as...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014

Review of Paul Rutherford/Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience

Paul Rutherford/Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience

Paul Rutherford | Sabu Toyozumi

NoBusiness Records

Rating: ★★★★

In 1999 Paul Rutherford travelled to Japan to play with local drummer Sabu Toyozumi – previous guests in the drummer's...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: July/2017

Review of Billy Taylor Trio: With Candido

Billy Taylor Trio: With Candido

Billy Taylor | Candido Camero | Earl May | Percy Brice

Prestige

Rating: ★★★

Leading off with the not-yet-standard ‘Mambo Inn’, this early LP (originally a 10-inch, then bumped up to a 32-minute 12-inch,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012

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