Reviews
Andreas Varady: The Quest
Ondrej Bandi | Benito Gonzalez | Adrian Varady | Radovan Tariska | Andreas Varady
Andreas Varady made his breakthrough at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2012, when Quincy Jones signed him to his management...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Bill Evans: Another Time: The Hilversum Concert
Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette
Suddenly, after nearly half-a-century with only one album from this short-lived line-up (At The Montreux Festival), Resonance has unearthed two...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano: Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane
Billy Hart | Ron McClure | Phil Markowitz | Joe Lovano | Dave Liebman
Originally recorded in June 2007 for Jazz on 3 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Coltrane's death on 17 July...
Reviewed in issue September/2017
Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery: Smokin' In Seattle
Ron McClure | Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Wes Montgomery
The posthumous additions to Montgomery's output during the last few years easily outclass the few tapes from his one European...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Polly Gibbons: Is It Me…?
Ray Brinker | Tamir Hendelman | Polly Gibbons | Graham Dechter | James Pearson | Kevin Axt
Dazzling arrangements, superb playing and, right at its heart, the dynamic, mellifluous pipes of Polly Gibbons. This highly anticipated second...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
The Three Sounds Featuring Gene Harris: Groovin' Hard – Live At The Penthouse 1964-1968
Gene Harris | Carl Burnett | Andy Simpkins | Bill Dowdy | Kalil Madi
Groovin' Hard is a most appropriate title for this welcome new CD and LP from premium soul-jazz club combo The...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth Big Band: Truth, Liberty & Soul: Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording
When Jaco Pastorius formed his Word of Mouth big band it was as a sort of anti-reaction to his six-year...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Various Artists: Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults The Lost Classics of Resonance Records Volume One
Bill Evans Trio | The Three Sounds | Larry Young | Wes Montgomery | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
This anthology of 14 selections is taken from the Resonance label's growing catalogue and is an ideal way of getting...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Dennis Coffey: Hot Coffey In The D
Melvin Davis | Dennis Coffey | Lyman Woodard
Here's a treasure from the vault. Coffey's time as a Funk Brother is legendary: that's him funk'n'freaking out on The...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Shirley Horn: Live At The 4 Queens
Charles Ables | Steve Williams | Shirley Horn
Like Resonance's recent Sarah Vaughan release, this originates from America's National Public Radio, which used to broadcast rather more jazz...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2016/2017
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