Reviews
Vince Guaraldi: You’re (Not) Elected Charlie Brown
Glenn Cronkhite | Tom Harrell | Vince Guaraldi | Mel Martin | Seward McCain | Pat O’Hara
As with Guaraldi’s It Was a Short Summer (reviewed in Jazzwise May 2024) this new release is an amalgam of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2024
Møster!: Springs
Hans Magnus ‘Snah’ Ryan | Nikolai Hængsle | Kenneth Kapstad | Kjetil Møster
Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster’s self-named jazz-rock unit released its first album, Edvard Lygre Møster, in 2013 and has moved through...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2024
Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold
Ziv Ravitz | Yonathan Avishai | Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori
It takes guts for an artist to speak out against their own government, but Avishai Cohen, the Tel Aviv-based trumpeter,...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024
Devin Daniels: LesGo!
Julien Knowles | Chris Fishman | Jermaine Paul | Devin Daniels | Benjamin Ring
Devin and his cohort met at UCLA’s Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance, and Mr Hands himself has personally mentored...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: November/2024
Samara Joy: Portrait
Recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio, this follow-up to Samara Joy’s Grammy-winning 2022 album Linger Awhile sees the vocalist,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2024
Art Themen Organ Trio: Live in Soho
Pete Whittaker | George Double | Art Themen
I heard this band at Swanage (admittedly with trumpeter Martin Shaw added) and thought them a wow. Now comes the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
Fernando Huergo Big Band: Relentless
No, I hadn’t heard of composer/bassist Huergo before, although he has a 60-session discography, according to Tom Lord’s Jazz Discography....
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
Fictional Souvenirs: Volatile Object
John Butcher | Pat Thomas | Ståle Liavik Solberg
The second album by the trio of Thomas, Butcher and Solberg documents both sets of a performance at London’s Cafe...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2024
Tiny Bradshaw: The Jumpin’ Beat For The Hip Kids
Ohio-born Myron ‘Tiny’ Bradshaw (1905-1958) was a bandleader, singer, and drummer who started out in New York bands, before forming...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
Various Artists: Great Jazz – Great Drummers: Masters of New Orleans Drumming
Eleven drummers leaping, all from New Orleans, their inclusion here supporting this Upbeat CD’s compiler (and drummer) John Petters’ contention...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
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