Review of John Coltrane Quintet: Complete November 18, 1961 Paris Concerts

John Coltrane Quintet: Complete November 18, 1961 Paris Concerts

Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman

‘In’ Crowd 996689

Rating: ★★★

Like some of the other recordings from this first European tour, the sound quality isn't that of the original broadcast...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2014

Review of Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Étoile de Dakar: Fatteliku: Live In Athens 1987

Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Étoile de Dakar: Fatteliku: Live In Athens 1987

Assane Thiam | Babacar Mbaye Dieye Faye | Falilou Niang Galass | Habib Faye | Mamdou ‘Jimi’ Mbaye | Ousseynou Ndiaye | Pape Oumar Ngom | Thierno Koite | Youssou N'Dour

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

What with the ‘world music’ label having outlived its usefulness, and Youssou N'Dour now a household name, it's easy to...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Luca Aquino: OverDoors

Luca Aquino: OverDoors

Tuk Music

Rating: ★★

The Nils Petter Molvaer-ish Italian trumpeter and Manu Katché sideman fronts a nu-jazz-meets-rock quartet that reworks a selection from The...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Review of Silvia Telles: Amor de Gente Moca – Musicas de Antonio Carlos Jobim

Silvia Telles: Amor de Gente Moca – Musicas de Antonio Carlos Jobim

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Rating: ★★★

A reissue of the 1959 album Young Love by one of bossa nova's leading female singers, plus additional songs recorded...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016

Review of Romanovská Tichý Hrubý

Romanovská Tichý Hrubý

Anna Romanovská | Michal Hrubý | Petr Tichý

Hevhetia HV

Rating: ★★★★

This remarkable Czech winds-and-string strio's debut album lays a feast of a table of the unexpected before us. Hrubý's ‘Ach...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: October/2018

Review of Lauren White: Ever Since The World Ended

Lauren White: Ever Since The World Ended

Lauren White

Cafe Pacific Records

Rating: ★★★★

On this fifth album from LA-based vocalist White, all of the admirable qualities she possesses seem to be perfectly encapsulated...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Keith Jarrett: Bordeaux Concert

Keith Jarrett: Bordeaux Concert

Keith Jarrett

ECM

Rating: ★★★

From the man who probably singlehandedly put the totally improvised solo piano recital on the map in the 1970s and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022

Review of Grupo Um: Starting Point

Grupo Um: Starting Point

Lelo Nazario | Ze Eduardo Nazario | Zeca Assumpção

Editor's Choice

FarOut

Rating: ★★★★

Arguably the premier curator of Brazilian jazz in Britain, if not further afield, FarOut returns with yet another reissue of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023

Review of Tommy Shepard/Richard Wess: Shepard's Flock/Music She Digs the Most

Tommy Shepard/Richard Wess: Shepard's Flock/Music She Digs the Most

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★

From mid-1950s New York, two medium-sized mainstream bands, with pianist Wess's neat playing and tight eight-piece band having a slight...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

Review of Kenny Garrett: Do Your Dance

Kenny Garrett: Do Your Dance

Corcoran Holt | Kenny Garrett | McClenty Hunter | Mista Enz | Ronald Bruner | Rudy Bird | Vernell Brown

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Although Garrett has played a fair amount of electric music throughout his lengthy career, notably with Miles Davis in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016

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