David Sanborn: Sanborn
Two slices of Sanborn from very different eras. The eponymous recording (his second release) finds the young gun fresh and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014
Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live
It shouldn’t be allowed. At an age when they should be revelling in their Freedom Passes, the Westbrooks refuse to...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016
Bill Evans: The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans
As if it was necessary to underline the individuality, but also the versatility, of the young Evans, here is a...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2017
Various Artists: Jazz from America on Disques Vogue
This wide-ranging curio goes back to the early days of microgroove, via a famous French label (though most of the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: All Can Work
Two Grammy-nominated releases – A Blessing in 2006 and Eternal Interlude in 2009 – is not bad going for a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018
The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: The BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2 & Volume 3
Volume One in this series of transcription discoveries was reviewed in our May 2015 issue. As before, these two further...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2016
Ryan Truesdell: Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans
A fascinating project that exhumes previously unrecorded scores by Evans, for a top-ranking New York personnel. Five of them were...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012
Various: The Road To Jajouka
For centuries, a remote village in the southern Rif mountains of Morocco has been home to the ecstatic trance rituals...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Spontaneous Music Orchestra: Search & Reflect
As well as the various small improvisation group sessions that drummer John Stevens directed under his Spontaneous Music Ensemble moniker,...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2017
Album Interview: Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone: Here's A Song For You
Here's A Song For You is a beautiful piece of work. It mixes standards like ‘Here Come De Honey Man’...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: February/2012
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