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Review of Miles Davis: Four Classic Albums

Miles Davis: Four Classic Albums

Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Kenny Clarke | Percy Heath | John Coltrane | Sonny Rollins | Miles Davis | Milt Jackson | Red Garland | Ray Bryant | Thelonious Monk

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★

The four classic albums referred to in this collection are Miles Davis & Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet, Miles Davis & The...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Review of Allison Wheeler: Winterspring

Allison Wheeler: Winterspring

Max Makagonov | David Dorůžka | Allison Wheeler | Daniel Bulatkin | Luboš Soukup | Petr Nohavica

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

A graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and named Undergraduate Vocal Soloist of the Year by DownBeat in 2018,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

Review of Robert Fripp: Exposures

Robert Fripp: Exposures

Phil Collins | Robert Fripp | Peter Hammill | John Wetton | Brian Eno | Sid McGinnis | Narada Michael Walden | Jerry Marotta | Peter Gabriel | Barry Andrews

Panegyric/Discipline Global Media

Rating: ★★★★

Call me a heathen if you like, but that extraordinary first album In The Court Of… apart, I’ve never really...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2022

Review of Charlotte Glasson: Bonito

Charlotte Glasson: Bonito

Chris Spedding | Chris Kibble | Mark Bassey | Sam Dorrell | Charlotte Glasson | Sam Glasson | Lloyd Coote

Surrey Street Records

Rating: ★★★

Multi-instrumentalist Glasson seems to play just about any and every instrument known to man. Or woman. Her website tells me...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2022

Review of James Taylor Quartet: Man In The Hot Seat

James Taylor Quartet: Man In The Hot Seat

Matt Slater | Dave Bishop | Everton Nelson | Andrew McKinney | Pat Illingworth | Gareth Lockrane | Mike Davis | James Taylor | Mark Cox

Audio Network

Rating: ★★★

This lushly orchestral set from the James Taylor Quartet sounds like a compilation of all your favourite, unfairly forgotten film...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2022

Review of Gareth Williams: Short Stories

Gareth Williams: Short Stories

Martin France | Chris Laurence | Palle Danielsson | Gareth Williams

Miles Music

Rating: ★★★★

In live performance, pianist Gareth Williams seldom fails to impress. Rather like the series of famous exchanges in Butch Cassidy...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Review of Bill Laurance & the Untold Orchestra: Live at EFG London Jazz Festival

Bill Laurance & the Untold Orchestra: Live at EFG London Jazz Festival

Nadia Eskandari | Emily Davies | Bill Laurance | with Untold Orchestra | Awen Blandford | Mateus Dandalo | Reyan Murtadha | Chloe Hayward | Helena Logah | Sophia Dignam

Flint Music

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Bill Laurance was a highlight of the 2021 EFG London Jazz Festival, as a soloist at a masked-up Cadogan...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2022

Review of Tom Harrell: Oak Tree

Tom Harrell: Oak Tree

Ugonna Okegwo | Luis Perdomo | Adam Cruz | Tom Harrell

High Note

Rating: ★★★

Tom Harrell’s latest in a long line of releases finds the trumpeter the sole lead on a set of 11...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2022

Review of Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin

Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin

Chris Bruce | Ben Zwerin | Lizz Wright | Ivan Edwards | Bobby Ray Sparks II

Editor's Choice

Blues & Greens Records

Rating: ★★★★

When, during the pandemic, Lizz Wright found the time to listen back to some previous live dates, she was particularly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

Review of Judith Owen: Come On and Get It

Judith Owen: Come On and Get It

Judith Owen | Jason Marsalis | Nicholas Payton | David Torkanowsky

Twanky Records

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans with a stellar cast of musicians, Judith Owen’s Come On and Get It...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

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