Review of Jerry Bergonzi: Intersecting Lines

Jerry Bergonzi: Intersecting Lines

Andrea Michelutti | Dave Santoro | Dick Oatts | Jerry Bergonzi

Savant

Rating: ★★★★

Back in the day, there were so many terrific tenor players spread over the various genres in jazz, but somehow...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2014

Review of Flying Machines

Flying Machines

Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson

Pictor Records Pic

Rating: ★★★★

You might have noticed the name of Alex Munk cropping up on recent CDs by quite a few of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016

Review of Sam Rivers Quintet: Zenith

Sam Rivers Quintet: Zenith

Barry Altschul | Charlie Persip | Dave Holland | Joe Daley | Sam Rivers

No Business

Rating: ★★★★

Rivers’ Emanation was one of the reissues of 2019. Thankfully the label behind it, NoBusiness, is back in business with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020

Review of Laurie Jacobs/Dick Pearce Quintet: Full Steam Ahead!!!

Laurie Jacobs/Dick Pearce Quintet: Full Steam Ahead!!!

Arnie Somogyi | Dave Barry | Dick Pearce | John Critchinson | Laurie Jacobs

Soultrane

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist Jacobs founded and continues to run Peterborough Jazz club, now in its 22nd year, and is, incidentally, a local...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2014

Review of Gerry Mulligan Quartet: The Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Spring Is Sprung

Gerry Mulligan Quartet: The Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Spring Is Sprung

Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Gus Johnson

Essential Jazz Classic

Rating: ★★★★

No matter how adept Mulligan's post-Baker quartets were, the fact remains that Mis'tah Chet's shadow still loomed large for many...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Julian Lage: View With a Room

Julian Lage: View With a Room

Bill Frisell | Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Following closely on the heels of last year's Blue Note debut, Squint, View With A Room offers a change of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Review of Jim Hart/Barry Green/Matt Ridley/Steve Brown: The MJQ Celebration

Jim Hart/Barry Green/Matt Ridley/Steve Brown: The MJQ Celebration

Barry Green | Dave O'Higgins | Jim Hart | Matt Ridley | Steve Brown

King's Gambit Records

Rating: ★★★★

It was the late Michael Garrick who first conceived the idea of forming a quartet to celebrate the music of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2014

Review of Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come

Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come

Chambers | Gil Evans | Jimmy Cobb | Kelly | Miles Davis | Mobley | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

Early-1961 was a fertile time for Miles on record, as it now is for publicdomain reissues. Someday is a studio...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012

Review of Jeff Williams: Outlier

Jeff Williams: Outlier

Jeff Williams | Josh Arcoleo | Kit Downes | Phil Robson | Sam Lasserson

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Now based in both London and New York, the Ohio-raised veteran drummer Jeff Williams initially established his name on the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Review of Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk

Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky

Hot Cup

Rating: ★★

Last year's MOPDTK album release Blue, a curious note-fornote transcription of Miles' Kind of Blue, had critics and punters furiously...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

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