Reviews
Various Artists: Heart of Mine: Songs Of Ross Lorraine
I first came across the songwriting of Ross Lorraine on Day Dawns, the wonderful debut album by Melissa James (reviewed...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2022
Duke Jordan : Montmartre ‘73
Eddie Gomez | Allan Gregersen | Duke Jordan | Jørn Elniff | Johnny Dyani | Bent Jaedig
Some great sessions were recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen in the 1960s and 70s. Steeplechase has done a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022
John Yao’s Triceratops: Off-Kilter
Mark Ferber | Billy Drewes | Robert Sabin | John Yao | John Irabagon
‘Small group, big sound’ has long been a consistent thread in the history of improvised music and this crack ensemble...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022
Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith: 100 Classic Recordings 1925-53
Bowler-hatted, cigar-chomping, the Harlem stride pianist and composer Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith – the nickname came from his prowess as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022
Bagland: States of Being
The fourth album release by the young Danish trumpeter Jakob Sørensen’s band Bagland is the second, following Cirkel in 2019,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022
Allan Holdsworth: Jarasum International Jazz Festival 2014
Allan Holdsworth | Gary Husband | Jimmy Haslip
Curated by the Holdsworth family – always a sign of quality – this is a bumper bundle not only for...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2022
Ella Fitzgerald: Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook
Most live Ella, at least after her big-band days, found her in front of a trio or quartet, with the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2022
Jamie Leeming: Resynthesis
Young London guitarist Jamie Leeming’s solo debut deals with memory, seeing it as a shifting, synthetic process over time, yet...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2022
Isfar Sarabski: Planet
With a mother who teaches violin; a father who is a record collector and aficionado; and a grandfather who sings...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022
Ray Charles: A Message From The People
This 1972 album by Ray Charles was his most political record, epitomised by the track ‘Hey Mister’ that asks why,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022
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