Merritt Brunies: Complete Recordings 1924-6
The 17 rare sides by New Orleansv cornetist Brunies, are complemented by ten additional 1920s rarities....
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012
Stan Getz: Stan Getz Plays
This replicates a number of tracks featuring the quintet that Getz toured with during 1952 (including guitarist Jimmy Raney and...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012
Cecil Taylor: Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!
If the charge that Cecil Taylor sounds like an explosion in a piano factory is worth answering at all, then...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: August/2012
Revival Room
Adam Fairhall | Johnny Hunter | Mark Hanslip
It’s hard to say why the organ trio has largely remained resistant to the lure of the avant-garde. Larry Young...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2021
The Filthy Six: The Fox
Led by trumpeter Nick Etwell, these slinky retro groovesters, featuring B3-er Pete Whitaker, work within very stylistic confines of funk-soaked...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012
JD Allen Trio: Victory!
Gregg August | JD Allen | Rudy Royston
This reviewer has been singing the praises of JD Allen since his debut as a leader on Italy's Red Records’...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2012
Steven Herring: Introducing
Billy Drummond | Jay Anderson | Kirk Knuffke | Russ Lossing | Stephen Riley | Steven Herring
On Introducing, Julliard graduate and operatic baritone Steven Herring brings together 10 Great American Songbook classics, fronting an impressive band...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Gerry Mulligan: Four Classic Albums
All essential, the Art Farmer and second Brookmeyer quartets are linked with the meets Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster albums...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020
Amaro Freitas: Rasif
Amaro Freitas | Henrique Albino | Huge Medeiros | Jean Elton
A real find, this; Amaro Freitas is a pianist from the tropical northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco with a chewy,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour une âme souveraine - a dedication to Nina Simone
Chris Bruce | Deantoni Parks | Jebin Bruni | Meshell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello's tenth studio album, Pour une âme souveraine (‘For a sovereign soul’) features 14 astonishingly creative arrangements of songs...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2012
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