Reviews

Review of James Kitchman: First Quartet

James Kitchman: First Quartet

Bruno Heinen | Tom McCredie | Shaney Forbes | James Kitchman

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

Sometimes it pays to wait. Guitarist James Kitchman had been around the London scene for a decade before forming his...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: August/2022

Review of Hans Koller/Oscar Pettiford Quartett: Black Forest Echoes

Hans Koller/Oscar Pettiford Quartett: Black Forest Echoes

Oscar Pettiford | Jimmy Pratt | Hans Koller | Atilla Zoller

HGBS Blue

Rating: ★★★★

A hitherto unheard gem from the legendary MPS archives, this splendid session, recorded at his villa by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2022

Review of Sachal Vasandani & Romain Collin: Still Life

Sachal Vasandani & Romain Collin: Still Life

Sachal Vasandani | Romain Collin

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

With their previous album Midnight Shelter, US vocalist Sachal Vasandani and French pianist Romain Collin – friends and NYC neighbours...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2022

Review of Tomorrow’s New Quartet: All Together Now!

Tomorrow’s New Quartet: All Together Now!

Flo Moore | Helena Kaye | Rod Oughton | Deschanel Gordon

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

Martin Hummel and Ubuntu have been and gone and done it again. One doesn’t want to over-praise so young a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2022

Review of Nils Wülker and Münchner Rundunkorchester: Continuum

Nils Wülker and Münchner Rundunkorchester: Continuum

Matthias Meusel | Jan Miserre | Nils Wülker | Patrick Hahn | Sven Faller | Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Warner Music

Rating: ★★

The ‘Young Man with the Horn’ image has been around for some time as a major label marketing ploy and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022

Review of Human Being Human: Equals

Human Being Human: Equals

Frederik Bülow | Esben Tjalve | Torben Bjørnskov

April Records

Rating: ★★★

Torben Bjørnskov is one of Denmark’s leading bassists in a country that seems to produce fine bassists around every corner....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022

Review of Buddy DeFranco	: The Bebop Years, 1949-1956

Buddy DeFranco : The Bebop Years, 1949-1956

Jimmy Rowles | Buddy De Franco | Teddy Kotick | Kenny Drew | Buddy Jones | Billy Byers | Vince Ferraro | Art Taylor | Ray Brown | Art Blakey

Editor's Choice

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Buddy DeFranco deserves a lot more recognition than he has had over the years for his sterling work in keeping...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022

Review of Trevor Watkis Routes In Jazz Group: The Music Of Dizzy Reece

Trevor Watkis Routes In Jazz Group: The Music Of Dizzy Reece

Byron Wallen | Trevor Watkis | Willie Jones III | Dezron Douglas | Ralph Moore

Blue Soundscape

Rating: ★★★

This transatlantic group led by British pianist Trevor Watkis paid tribute to the legendary Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reece with a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022

Review of Larry Coryell: Live at The Sugar Club Dublin 2016

Larry Coryell: Live at The Sugar Club Dublin 2016

Dave Redmond | Larry Coryell | Tracey Coryell | Colin Scallan | Kevin Brady

Angel Air

Rating: ★★★

This is the ideal complement to the Last Swing with Ireland session that Angel Air identify as Coryell’s last recording....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2022

Review of George Duke: No Rhyme, No Reason: The Elektra/Warner Years 1985-2000

George Duke: No Rhyme, No Reason: The Elektra/Warner Years 1985-2000

Jim Gilstrap | Jeffrey Osborne | Christian McBride | Ray Brown | Howard Hewett | John Robinson | George Duke, | Stanley Clarke | Ray Fuller | Kirk Whalum

Soul Music Records

Rating: ★★★

That long list of vocalists is the giveaway. This bumper 3-CD, three-hour-plus release draws on nine albums over 15 years,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2022

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