Reviews

Review of Stan Getz: Unissued Session: Copenhagen 1977

Stan Getz: Unissued Session: Copenhagen 1977

Stan Getz | Billy Hart | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | JoAnne Brackeen

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★★

While Stan Getz was in Denmark at the start of 1977, he recorded two live albums’ worth of material at...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2024

Review of Brian Landrus: Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn

Brian Landrus: Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn

Jay Anderson | Brian Landrus | Billy Hart | Dave Stryker

Palmetto Records

Rating: ★★★

This record’s accompanying blurb features the arresting line “Dr Brian Landrus is an internationally recognised low woodwind artist.” Those of...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2024

Review of Adrian Rollini: Swing Low – His 26 Finest 1927-1938

Adrian Rollini: Swing Low – His 26 Finest 1927-1938

Manny Klein | Sam Weiss | Stan King | Phil Sillman | Babe Russin | Bunny Berigan | Jack Teagarden | Tiny Stock | Art Drelinger | Seger Ellis

Editor's Choice

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★★

The now-largely forgotten bass saxophonist Adrian Rollini (1903-1956) mixed and worked with the very best of the crack white jazzmen...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2024

Review of Steven Nichols: From Dust

Steven Nichols: From Dust

Charlie Rees | Reuben Goldmark | Steven Nichols | John Jones | Amund Kleppan

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

You may not have heard of trumpeter Steven Nichols, but his pedigree speaks for itself: he has studied and performed...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Review of Jeremy Ledbetter Trio: Gravity

Jeremy Ledbetter Trio: Gravity

Juan Carlos Segovia | Yonathan ‘Morocho’ Gavidia | Larnell Lewis | Jeremy Ledbetter | Rich Brown | Javier Suárez

CaneFire Records/Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

Toronto pianist Jeremy Ledbetter is something of a local legend on his native Canadian scene. A virtuosic and versatile pianist,...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: September/2024

Review of Hejira: Live at the Cockpit

Hejira: Live at the Cockpit

Hattie Whitehead | Pete Oxley | Chris Eldred | Rick Finlay | Ollie Weston | Dave Jones | Marc Cecil

Editor's Choice

Spin Jazz Productions

Rating: ★★★★

As readers will recall from February’s Jazzwise, Hejira are a seven-piece British band dedicated to playing the music of Joni...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Review of Phil Merriman Trio: The Roots Beneath

Phil Merriman Trio: The Roots Beneath

Phil Merriman | Simon Roth | John Williamson

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

This is a collection of original tunes from London-based pianist Phil Merriman, whose bassist John Williamson also appears in this...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Review of Various Artists: The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert

Various Artists: The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert

Allan Botschinsky | Stan Getz | Svend Asmussen | Gunnar Johnson | Finn. Frederiksen | Bengt Hallberg | Jorn Elniff | Ole Laumann | Atli Bjorn | Max Bruel

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

This 75-minute compilation from a single 1960 late-night concert finds the busy Copenhagen scene paying tribute to one of its...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2024

Review of Rob Mazurek: Milan

Rob Mazurek: Milan

Rob Mazurek

Trem Azul/Clean Feed

Rating: ★★

A first solo outing from Mazurek, the avant-jazzer best known for helming outré but acclaimed projects like Exploding Star Orchestra,...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2024

Review of Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa: Inner Spirits

Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa: Inner Spirits

Jan Lundgren | Yamandu Costa

ACT

Rating: ★★★

North meets South on this warmly restrained, coolly passionate album from Sweden’s Jan Lundgren and Brazil’s Yamandu Costa, who first...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2024

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