Reviews
Tom Smith Big Band: A Year In The Life
While still in his teens, the UK saxophonist /composer Tom Smith had already spurred Django Bates, observing his performance on...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2025
Oz Noy & Andrew Synowiec: Recreational Substance
Marvin Smith | Andrew Synowiec | Hadrien Feraud | Oz Noy
Devotees of prog and jazz-infused rock will salivate at the prospect of these arch shredders slamming along together, especially given...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2025
Kenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores
Bringing together two big bands from music conservatories on different sides of the Atlantic, and leavening the ensemble with celebrity...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2025
Dinah Washington: Wake The Town & Tell The People!
Short-lived she may have been – just 39 at her death in 1963 - and much-married too (seven times!), Dinah...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
Ron Carter/Michael and Florian Arbenz: The Alpine Session: Arbenz vs Arbenz Meets Ron Carter
Florian Arbenz | Ron Carter | GMichael Arbenz
Although the Swiss Arbenz twins have toured and recorded with the likes of Greg Osby, Dave Liebman, Marc Johnson, Kirk...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025
Makiko Hirabayashi: Gifts
Bjorn Heebol | Fredrik Lundin | Thommy Andersson | Makiko Hirabayashi
Since leaving her native Japan 30 years ago, Hirabayashi has immersed herself in the vibrant Copenhagen jazz scene, releasing no...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2025
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: All The Hits and More 1928-1935
When the Dorsey Brothers band broke up in 1935, John Hammond regretted in Down Beat that the pair had failed...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2025
Matthew Gee All Stars: Jazz By Gee
Here’s another of Jordi Pujol’s lost-causes. This time it is Houston-born trombonist Matthew Gee (1925-1979) he recalls, a man whose...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
Erik Honoré: Triage
Often in partnership with Jan Bang, Erik Honoré is a pioneer of live sampling, most famously in the pair’s Punkt...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2025
Johanna Summer & Jacob Manz: Cameo
Two young players, technically very adroit, but what stories do they have to tell us? Long hours in the practise...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025
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