Reviews
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging
Eric Revis | Justin Faulkner | Branford Marsalis | Joey Calderazzo
Belonging is Marsalis’ first recording since 2019 and is described as “A full album interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s 1974 album...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2025
Matt Holborn: For Stuff
Simon Read | Fraser Urquhart | Honey Boulton | Matt Holborn | Joe Dessauer
A tribute album that includes only two songs by the tributee? Well, on listening to violinist Holborn, you kind of...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2025
Gerald Wiggins: Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957
Gerald Wiggins | Bill | Joe Comfort | Bill Richmond | Douglass | Gene Wright | Jackie Mills
Wiggins (1922-2008) often appeared in Europe during the summer festival season, otherwise he stayed close to Los Angeles where he...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2025
Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969
Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Roy Fry | Alan Rushton | Ron Mathweson
Until now, one of the best releases on the excellent Jazz In Britain label has been 2020’s Spontaneous Event, containing...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025
Lukas DeRungs: Wake
Jan Dittman | Lukas DeRungs | Karim Saber | Jonas Esser | Immy Churchill
Recorded after a period on the road in 2022-3, this international quintet is a tightly-integrated band, its melodic lines shared...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2025
Oh People: Part Time Elegance
Casper Christensen | Lasse Mørck | Henrik Holst Hansen | Jonas Due | Andreas Toftemark
The title understates the case here, as this quartet of typically accomplished, tasteful and subtly swinging Scandinavians are never less...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2025
Ronnie Scott: Four Classic Albums
This thoughtfully compiled, great-value double-disc set serves something of a dual purpose. For those who know Ronnie Scott, tenor saxophonist,...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2025
Inter-Galactic Research Arkestra: Nuits De La Fondation Maeght
Originally released as two separate LPs in 1971 on Parisian music enthusiast Chantal Darcy’s Shandar label, this enlarged and definitive...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2025
Jamil Sheriff: The Debt
Sam Quintana | Dave Walsh | Jamil Sheriff
Jamil Sheriff is a pivotal figure on the rich Northern jazz scene, both in his role as an educator at...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2025
Yuval Cohen Quartet: Winter Poems
Yuval Cohen | Alon Benjamani | Alon Near | Tom Oren
When the first fulsome notes of Yuval Cohen’s soprano sax come in over Tom Oren’s gentle piano introduction to 'First...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: April/2025
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