Review of David Murray: Lucky Four

David Murray: Lucky Four

Dave Burrell | David Murray | Victor Lewis | Wilbur Morris

Enja/Pure Pleasure

Rating: ★★★★

When Murray burst onto the free jazz loft scene in New York of the late 1970s, his saxophone style embraced...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023

Review of Alex Sipiagin: Horizons

Alex Sipiagin: Horizons

Alex Sipiagin | Chris Potter | Eric Harland | John Escreet | Matt Brewer

Blue Room Music BRM1014

Rating: ★★★★

The tight themes, rich sonics and compact improvisations of trumpeter Alex Sipiagin’s second release for the New Jersey-based Blue Room...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2024

Review of Charlie Watts: Anthology

Charlie Watts: Anthology

Alan Skidmore | Annie Whitehead | Anthony Kerr | Bernard Fowler | Bill Eyden | Bill Lesage | Bobby Wellins | Brian Lemon | Charlie Watts | Chris Pyne

BMG

Rating: ★★★

During the 58 years of his day job with the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts released eight albums with his own...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: August/2023

Review of Bobby Hutcherson: Somewhere in the Night

Bobby Hutcherson: Somewhere in the Night

Bobby Hutcherson | Byron Landham | Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco | Peter Bernstein

Kind of Blue

Rating: ★★★

At 71, Bobby Hutcherson is one of jazz's most distinguished survivors, a long-serving vibraphonist with consistently good taste and a...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Nat Birchall Quintet: Live In Larissa

Nat Birchall Quintet: Live In Larissa

Adam Fairhall | Corey Mwamba | Nat Birchall | Nick Blacka | Paul Hession

Sound Soul And Spirit

Rating: ★★★★

For anyone who still believes in the transformative and inherently spiritual nature of jazz, most forcefully proposed by John Coltrane...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2014

Review of Joe Morris/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver: Altitude

Joe Morris/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver: Altitude

Gerald Cleaver | Joe Morris | William Parker

AUM Fidelity

Rating: ★★★

As Morris says in his sleeve notes, the accent is on ‘the long form.’ With each of the opening two...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012

Review of London Afrobeat Collective: Esengo

London Afrobeat Collective: Esengo

Alex Farrell | Alex Szyjanowicz | Andy Watts | Edmund Swinburn | Gareth Buckland | Giuliano Osella | John Mathews | Juanita Euka | Klibens Michelet | Luigi Casanova

Canopy Records

Rating: ★★★★

London Afrobeat Collective have been distilling the essence of the UK's culturally diverse capital for 15 years now, flying their...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024

Review of Album Interview: Nat Birchall: World Without Form

Album Interview: Nat Birchall: World Without Form

Adam Fairhall | Andy Hay | Corey Mwamba | Jon Thorne | Nat Birchall | Nick Blacka | Paul Hession

Sound And Spirit

Rating: ★★★

Birchall's follow-up to last year's excellent Sacred Dimension finds him further pursuing his heartfelt devotion to the spirit and sound...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2012

Review of Richard Fairhurst/John Taylor: Duets

Richard Fairhurst/John Taylor: Duets

Kit Downes | Lewis Wright

Signum Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Richard Fairhurst has been a Steinway international artist since 1998 and initially joined forces with the world-class English piano veteran...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Review of Album Interview: Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is The Dream

Album Interview: Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is The Dream

Chris Potter | David Virelles | Joe Martin | Marcus Gilmore

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This is Chris Potter's third album for ECM. The first, The Sirens, was inspired by Homer's Odyssey and introduced David...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2017

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