Review of Charles Mingus: Three Or Four Shades Of Blues

Charles Mingus: Three Or Four Shades Of Blues

Bob Neloms | George Coleman | George Mraz/Ron Carter | Jack Walrath | Jimmy Rowles | John Scofield | Larry Coryell | Mingus | Paul Jeffrey | Philip Catherine

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★

The last album Mingus played on was an odd mixture, but gained considerable sales success in the heyday of fusion....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014

Review of McNeal and Niles: Thrust

McNeal and Niles: Thrust

Darryl Niles | Don Wade | Donny Holman | Eric Bennett | Machelle McNeal | Norman Crumb | Omar | Starvin Marvin | Tim Jackson | Wilbur Niles

We Are Busybodies/Tinkertoo

Rating: ★★★★

Here's a pleasant surprise – two obscure late 1970s/early 80s jazz-funk treasures, resurrected from Discogs unobtanium status (a copy of...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2023

Review of Ragini Trio: Ragini

Ragini Trio: Ragini

Lander Gyselinck | Marco Bardoscia | Nathan Daems

De Werf

Rating: ★★★

India is a land of connections. Moreover, just as the Gods of Hinduism crave consorts, so do ragas. A raga's...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: February/2014

Review of Steve Khan: Subtext

Steve Khan: Subtext

Bobby Allende | Dennis Chambers | Gil Goldstein | Marc Quiñones | Mariana Ingold | Randy Brecker | Rob Mounsey | Rubén Rodríguez | Steve Khan

ESC Records

Rating: ★★★

Though he's been airing an outsized talent for four decades now, Steve Khan remains comparatively unknown over here. You've no...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2014

Review of Christian Sands: Be Water

Christian Sands: Be Water

Christian Sands

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Marcus Miller has an eponymously titled track dedicated to him; and Lalo Schifrin wrote a memorable soundtrack in the 1970s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Review of Album Interview: Norma Winstone/Glauco Venier/Klaus Gesing: Dance Without Answer

Album Interview: Norma Winstone/Glauco Venier/Klaus Gesing: Dance Without Answer

Glauco Venier | Klaus Gesing | Norma Winstone

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

On their third album for ECM, following the Grammy nominated Distances (2007) and Stories Yet To Tell (2009), British jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2014

Review of Morrissey Mullen: Life On The Wire/Morrissey-Mullen

Morrissey Mullen: Life On The Wire/Morrissey-Mullen

Carol Kenyon | Chris Fletcher | Damon Butcher | Danny Schogger | Dick Morrissey | Gavin Wright | Guy Barker | Jess Bailey | Jim Mullen | Joe Hubbard

Vocalion

Rating: ★★

Okay. Sacrilege time. The Morrissey-Mullen axis will forever be revered while individually their careers illustriously cut across Brit Jazz, rock...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Review of Aldevis Tibaldi/London Jazz Ensemble: Twentysix Three

Aldevis Tibaldi/London Jazz Ensemble: Twentysix Three

Aldevis Tibaldi | Chris Gale | John Eacott | Liam Dunachie | Paul Taylor | Richard Sadler

Galetone Records

Rating: ★★★

This sleekly-conceived, coolly- executed disc from London-based, Italian-born saxophonist Aldevis Tibaldi is something of a throwback a very welcome throwback,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2016

Review of Miles Davis: On The Air 1958-1959

Miles Davis: On The Air 1958-1959

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Gil Evans orchestra | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland | Wynton Kelly

United Archives NUA10

Rating: ★★★

Many of these seven off-air recordings were originally on bootleg LPs, the best-known material being the frequently excerpted TV session...

Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Schlippenbach Trio: Features

Schlippenbach Trio: Features

Alexander von Schlippenbach | Alexander Von Schlippenbach | Evan Parker | Paul Lovens

Intakt CD

Rating: ★★★

The trio of Schlippenbach, Parker and Lovens has been a working unit (albeit intermittently) for the past 45 years, a...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2015

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