Leverton Fox: The Human Arm
Alex Bonney | Isambard Khroustaliov | Tim Giles
This follow-up to the 2008 debut Country Dances extends Leverton Fox's conception of electro-acoustic improv that's heavy on real-time electronics....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012
Graham South Quartet: By And By
Graham South | Johnny Hunter | Richard Jones | Seth Bennett
Trumpeter Graham South is best known as a soloist with Manchester's Beats & Pieces Big Band, but he's also an...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020
Ballister: Znachki Stilyag
Dave Rempis | Fred Lonberg-Holm | Paal Nilssen-Love
This hardworking trio – celebrating its 10th year as an active entity – teams the Norwegian powerhouse drummer Nilssen-Love with...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2020
Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: Songbook
Alan Broadbent | Dave Ohm | Georgia Mancio | Oli Hayhurst
From the incredibly touching album opener ‘The Journey Home’ to the hauntingly beautiful ‘Lullaby for MM’ with which it signs...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2017
Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts
Chris Lightcap | Chris Speed | Craig Taborn | Dave King
Daylight Ghosts is one of the most evocative and tantalising titles in recent memory, but, more to the point, it...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017
Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Blue Beginnings
Colin Purbrook | Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Trevor Tomkins
The repertoire of Jazz In Britain’s Blue Beginnings collection mostly mirrors that of the celebrated Rendell/Carr quintet’s 1965 debut Shades...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021
Pete Magadini: Bones Blues
Dave Young | Don Menza | Pete Magadini | Wray Downes
Once during a conversation with Stan Getz I asked him why he seldom included any original compositions on his albums....
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Charles Mingus: The Clown + Pithecanthropus Erectus
If Mingus Ah Um (see Jazzwise 230) was a summation of what Mingus had achieved thus far, this combination of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2018
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 Great Wee Band: The Sound of Music
Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stu Butterfield
It was Mullen who coined the band name after an especially pleasing gig. Listen to this engaging release and you'll...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010
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