Reviews

Review of The Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Deluxe Expanded Edition)

The Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Deluxe Expanded Edition)

Monte Budwig | Colin Bailey | Vince Guaraldi

Editor's Choice

Craft Recordings/Fantasy

Rating: ★★★★

A sumptuous triple vinyl/double CD and hi-res download reissue of Guaraldi's famous third album, first issued on Fantasy in 1962,...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023

Review of Luis Russell: At The Swing Cats Ball – Volume 1, 1938-1940

Luis Russell: At The Swing Cats Ball – Volume 1, 1938-1940

Shelton Hemphill | George Washington | Rupert Cole | Albert Nicholas | Otis Johnson | Wilbur DeParis | Joe Garland | Sid Catlett | Pete Clarke | Paul Barbarin

Editor's Choice

Dot Time Records

Rating: ★★★★

Here's a find – literally. These hitherto unheard live tracks were found recently in a ‘once working musician's’ cupboard, hence...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Yetii: Live at The Greenbank

Yetii: Live at The Greenbank

Alex Goodyear | Alex Veitch | Ashley John Long

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

It's not often a 'provincial' band (in this case from Bristol) sails into view and steals the thunder from those...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2023

Review of Lalo Schifrin: Man On A Swing OST (Expanded Edition)

Lalo Schifrin: Man On A Swing OST (Expanded Edition)

Emil Richards | Howard Roberts | Bud Shank | Lalo Schifrin

WeWantSounds

Rating: ★★★★

Lalo Schifrin is best known for his thrilling TV and movie soundtracks – Mission: Impossible, Dirty Harry, Enter The Dragon...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023

Review of Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place

Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place

Tomeka Reid | Brandon Seabrook | Michael Formanek | Tom Rainey | Mazz Swift | Ingrid Laubrock

Editor's Choice

Pyroclastic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Inspired by the Pulitzer-prizewinning writings of environmental journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, much-lauded German saxophonist/composer Ingrid Laubrock composed most of the music...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2023

Review of Aymée Nuviola: Havana Nocturne

Aymée Nuviola: Havana Nocturne

José ‘Majito’ Aguilera | Kemuel Roig | Hilario Bell | Lowell Ringel | Aymée Nuviola | Julián Ávila

Editor's Choice

Worldwide Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★

This new album from acclaimed Cuban vocalist Aymée Nuviola follows last year's Latin Grammy-winning Live in Marciac with pianist Gonzalo...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2023

Review of Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke: Lean In

Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke: Lean In

Marley Guiliana | Burniss Travis | Lionel Loueke | Gretchen Parlato | Mark Guiliana | Lisa Loueke

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

This new duo album from Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke celebrates 20-plus years of musical connection and camaraderie. Loueke appeared...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2023

Review of Nana Rashid: Music for Betty

Nana Rashid: Music for Betty

Nana Rashid | Lasse Jacobsen | Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen | Martin Brunbjerg Rasmussen

Editor's Choice

April Records

Rating: ★★★★

This hugely impressive debut album from Danish vocalist Nana Rashid follows her well-received four-track EP, Sorrow in Sunlight, which she...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2023

Review of Chapter Seven: Thums Up

Chapter Seven: Thums Up

Nils Landgren | Anders Jormin | Anders Kjellberg | Roland Keijser | Lennart Åberg | Sergei Muchin | Bengt ‘Beche’ Berger | Thomas Gustafsson

Caprice Records/Jazz in Sweden

Rating: ★★

Originally only released on CD and cassette back in 1987, this is Thums Up's first appearance on vinyl – and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2023

Review of Kid Ory: Creole Trombone – His 44 Finest 1926-1959

Kid Ory: Creole Trombone – His 44 Finest 1926-1959

Frank Haggerty | Phil Gomez | Don Ewell | Barney Bigard | Albert Nicholas | Bob Shoffner | Alton Redd | Darnell Howard | Bob McCracken | Jimmy Blythe

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★

Distilling the prolific output of a musician as long-lived as Kid Ory down to 44 tracks is an unenviable task....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023

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