Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Blue Beginnings
Colin Purbrook | Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Trevor Tomkins
The repertoire of Jazz In Britain’s Blue Beginnings collection mostly mirrors that of the celebrated Rendell/Carr quintet’s 1965 debut Shades...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021
Pete Magadini: Bones Blues
Dave Young | Don Menza | Pete Magadini | Wray Downes
Once during a conversation with Stan Getz I asked him why he seldom included any original compositions on his albums....
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Jeff Williams: Outlier
Jeff Williams | Josh Arcoleo | Kit Downes | Phil Robson | Sam Lasserson
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
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk
Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky
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
Al Jarreau: We Got By
Released in 1975 and featuring string and horn arrangements by Dave Grusin, Al Jarreau's critically acclaimed and entirely self-penned debut...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2015
Kenny Garrett: Seeds From The Underground
Benito Gonzalez | Kenny Garrett | Nat Reeves | Nedelka Prescod | Ronald Bruner | Rudy Bird
You have to kiss a lot of toads before you meet the handsome prince, as my dear old mum used...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012
Kristjan Randalu & New Wind Jazz Orchestra: Sisu
The pianist-composer Kristjan Randalu is one of the better-known contemporary jazz ambassadors from the small yet open-minded jazz scene in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2023
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and What’s Next?: THE RISE UP: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration
Where saxophonist/conceptualist Dave Liebman gets his energy from is anybody's guess. His creativity seems to function at full throttle 365...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2020
Warren Wolf: Convergence
Brad Mehldau | Christian McBride | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | John Scofield | Warren Wolf
The vibraphonist has some really heavyweight company for this, his third US album, including his boss from the Inside Straight...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: July/2016
VEIN: The Chamber Music Effect
Florian Arbenz | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns
Swiss trio VEIN are masters of musical interplay. Over the course of the last decade they've developed fruitful collaborations with...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2017
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