Review of Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton: 'Round Midnight

Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton: 'Round Midnight

Chuck Riggs | Harry Allen | Joel Forbes | Rossano Sportiello | Scott Hamilton

Challenge

Rating: ★★★★

Hearing these two together, like master and pupil, at Norwich recently was a joy. And so it is here. Neither...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2012

Review of Paul Grabowsky Sextet: The Bitter Suite

Paul Grabowsky Sextet: The Bitter Suite

Andrew Robson | Cameron Undy | James Greening | Jamie Oehlers | Paul Grabowsky | Simon Barker

ABC

Rating: ★★★★

Paul Grabowsky is one of the major figures in the Australian jazz scene, but it would be fair to say...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2015

Review of Soul Rebels Brass Band: Unlock Your Mind

Soul Rebels Brass Band: Unlock Your Mind

Corey Peyton | Cyril Neville | Derrick ‘Oops’ Moss | Edward Lee | Erion Williams | Julian Gosin | Leo Nocentelli | Lumar LeBlanc | Marcus ‘Red’ Hubbard | Paul Robertson

Decca

Rating: ★★★

Perhaps the Rebels most song-centred release, the brass collective still retain their dance energy, drawing deeply as they do on...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011

Review of Whit Dickey/Mat Maneri/Matthew Shipp: Vessel In Orbit

Whit Dickey/Mat Maneri/Matthew Shipp: Vessel In Orbit

Mat Maneri | Matthew Shipp | Whit Dickey

AUM Fidelity

Rating: ★★★★

Drummer Whit Dickey – who power-drove the David S Ware Quartet throughout the early 1990s – has released some of...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017

Review of Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: Complete Commodore & Decca Sessions

Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: Complete Commodore & Decca Sessions

Al Morgan | Artie Shapiro | Benny Morton | Billy Butterfield | Bing Crosby | Bob Haggart | Bobby Hackett | Bud Freeman | Buzzy Drootin | Cutty Cutshall

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

Commodore, the first US independent label to specialise in small-group jazz, started operations the night after Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Neil Cowley Trio: The Face of Mount Molehill

Neil Cowley Trio: The Face of Mount Molehill

Evan Jenkins | Leo Abrahams | Neil Cowley | Rex Horan

Naim Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

For pianist-composer Neil Cowley, improvisation has always been a bit of fun in a live situation but an artistic no-go...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Review of STR4TA: Aspects

STR4TA: Aspects

Bluey Maunick

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Bluey Maunick and Gilles Peterson's relationship goes back at least a decade, when they worked together guiding Incognito's chart-topping career:...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2021

Review of Album Interview: Jah Wobble & Bill Sharpe: Kingdom Of Fitzrovia

Album Interview: Jah Wobble & Bill Sharpe: Kingdom Of Fitzrovia

Bill Sharpe | Fridrik Karlsson | Jah Wobble | Jonas Persson | Marc Layton-Bennett | PJ Higgins | Sean Corby

Storyville 101 4279

Rating: ★★★

The combo of Wobble and Sharpe may catch the headlines – Sharpe's best known for the big haired jazz pop...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2013

Review of Art Themen/Dave Barry Quartet: Hanky Panky

Art Themen/Dave Barry Quartet: Hanky Panky

Art Themen | Dave Barry | Dave Green | Gareth Williams

Trio

Rating: ★★★★

Barry says a session was cancelled so instead he corralled Themen, Williams and Green, all of whom were available at...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Review of Chris Speed Trio: Respect For Your Toughness

Chris Speed Trio: Respect For Your Toughness

Chris Speed | Chris Tordini | Dave King

Intakt CD

Rating: ★★★★

New York-based saxophonist Chris Speed’s career stretches back to the early 1990s and includes work with Claudia Quintet and Tim...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2020

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