Reviews

Review of Jason Miles Kind of New: Miles to Miles: Live

Jason Miles Kind of New: Miles to Miles: Live

Carlos Santana | Jason Miles | Cindy Blackman Santana

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★★★

Jason Miles’ curriculum vitae precedes him. It's quite remarkable: he did the synth programming (uncredited) for Miles Davis on Tutu...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2023

Review of Canadian Jazz Collective: Septology – The Black Forest Sessions

Canadian Jazz Collective: Septology – The Black Forest Sessions

Lorne Lofsky | Kirk MacDonald | Neil Swainson | Bernd Reiter | Virginia MacDonald | Derrick Gardner | Brian Dickinson

HGBS Blue Records

Rating: ★★★

Gardner, Kirk MacDonald (clarinettist Virginia is his daughter) and Lofsky came together at the behest of manager Judith Humenick to...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Scott Hamilton: Scott Hamilton Quartet At Pizza Express Live

Scott Hamilton: Scott Hamilton Quartet At Pizza Express Live

Dave Green | John Pearce | Scott Hamilton | Steve Brown

PX Records PX

Rating: ★★★★

PX Records is the new recording imprint for the Pizza Express Live set-up, headquartered at Dean Street.Logically and sensibly, it...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Duke Ellington: All The Hits And More 1927-54

Duke Ellington: All The Hits And More 1927-54

various ensembles | Duke Ellington

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★★

The thinking behind this great value (at around £16) set is simple, and compelling: collate all of Duke's 77 chart...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023

Review of Hal Singer: Corn Bread – The Collection 1948-59

Hal Singer: Corn Bread – The Collection 1948-59

Wynton Kelly | Eddie Barefield | Bobby Donaldson | Tyree Glenn | Walter Page | Ray Bryant | Kelly Owens | with his Sextette, His Orchestra and His Quintet, the Sir Charles Thompson All-Stars and Orchestra, | Leonard Gaskin | Wendell Marshall

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

The big-toned, Tulsa-born tenor saxophonist Hal Singer (1919-2020) came up through the territory big bands, most notably those of Ernie...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Sara Caswell: The Way to You

Sara Caswell: The Way to You

Sara Caswell | Jared Schonig | Chris Dingman | Jesse Lewis | Ike Sturm

Anzi Records ANZ 0085-02

Rating: ★★★

You really want to love this album: Caswell has a voluptuous tone, especially in the lower registers or playing the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023

Review of Richie Beirach: Leaving

Richie Beirach: Leaving

Richie Beirach

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★

Now aged 75, pianist Richie Beirach made an album with the same title in 1976, a duo set with reeds...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2023

Review of Gabriel Latchin Trio: Viewpoint

Gabriel Latchin Trio: Viewpoint

Joe Farnsworth | Jeremy Brown | Gabriel Latchin

Alys Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Latchin has been around for a while now and remains one of our most consistently rewarding players. This is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Lars Danielsson: Symphonized

Lars Danielsson: Symphonized

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | John Parricelli | Magnus Őström | Paolo Fresu | Grégory Privat | Arve Henriksen | Lars Danielsson

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★

Formed in 2012, the well-regarded Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson's Liberetto band's pastoral jazz signature was writ all over 2021's Cloudland...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2023

Review of Chet Baker: Blue Room

Chet Baker: Blue Room

Charlie Rice | Phil Markowitz | Eric Ineke | Chet Baker | Victor Kaihatu | Frans Elsen | Jean-Louis Rassinfosse

Editor's Choice

Jazz Detective/Elemental

Rating: ★★★★

As Jazzwise readers will know from many a review, recordings from Chet Baker's latter period from 1969 to 1988 are...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023

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