Album Interview: Georgie Fame: The Whole World's Shaking Complete Recordings 1963-1966

Colin Green | Dick Morrissey | Georgie Fame | Gordon Beck | John McLaughlin | Stan Tracey

A handsome five-disc package of all things Fame, including the re-mastered albums Fame At Last, the Motown influenced Sweet Thing,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015

The Johnny Almond Music Machine: Patent Pending

Alan White | Geoff Condon | Jimmy Crawford | Johnny Almond | Johnny Wiggins | Roger Sutton | Steve Hammond

A classic of its kind, capturing that emerging mix of jazz blues and rock that would create that special Brit...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson: Searching For The Disappeared Hour

Mary Halvorson | Sylvie Courvoisier

Swiss pianist and long-term Brooklyn resident Sylvie Courvoisier, and NYC guitarist Mary Halvorson first recorded together in 2017, releasing the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Eric Reed: The Baddest Monk

Eric Reed | Etienne Charles | Henry Cole | José James | Matt Clohesy | Seamus Blake

While not the baddest tribute ever to Monk, there are interesting things going on here, including the fact that pianist...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2012

Art Van Damme: Ecstasy

The great accordionist is the latest artist in the revitalised MPS archive to have his work re-released, in this package...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2019

Jaga Jazzist/Britten Sinfonia: Live with Britten Sinfonia

Andreas Mjøs | Britten Sinfonia | Christian Eggen | Erik Johannessen | Even Ormestad | Lars Hornveth | Line Hornveth | Marcus Forsgren | Martin Hornveth | Mathias Eck

A quick glance across the personnel above – and the abundance of multi-instrumentalists crammed into unclassifiable Norwegian nine-piece Jaga Jazzist...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2013

Melvin Sparks: Live at Nectar's

Recorded just months before his death in 2011, the legendary Texas-born guitarist bids farewell with a classic, if rather routine,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Gary Lucas: The Essential Gary Lucas

Gary Lucas

The 36 vibrantly performed tracks that make up this career-spanning compilation of guitarist Gary Lucas' numerous recordings is the follow...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2021

Ant Law: The Sleeper Wakes

Ant Law

Ant Law's fourth album as leader is unhurried and unmoved by fashion. Among his usual, strong quintet, Ivo Neame adds...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2020

Snorre Kirk Quartet: Going Up

Anders Fjeldsted | Jan Harbeck | Magnus Hjorth | Snorre Kirk | Stephen Riley

Imagine the classic Basie rhythm section re-constituted but without guitar and that’s what you hear on the opening, riff-based ‘Right...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021