Reviews
Brian Landrus: Brian Landrus Plays Ellington & Strayhorn
Jay Anderson | Brian Landrus | Billy Hart | Dave Stryker
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
Adrian Rollini: Swing Low – His 26 Finest 1927-1938
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
Steven Nichols: From Dust
Charlie Rees | Reuben Goldmark | Steven Nichols | John Jones | Amund Kleppan
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
Jeremy Ledbetter Trio: Gravity
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
Hejira: Live at the Cockpit
Hattie Whitehead | Pete Oxley | Chris Eldred | Rick Finlay | Ollie Weston | Dave Jones | Marc Cecil
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
Phil Merriman Trio: The Roots Beneath
Phil Merriman | Simon Roth | John Williamson
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
Various Artists: The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert
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
Rob Mazurek: Milan
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
Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa: Inner Spirits
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
Johnny Griffin Quartet: Live In Valencia ‘92
Johnny Griffin | Reggie Johnson | Hervé Sellin | Doug Sides
In a striking parallel with Don Byas a decade and a half earlier, Griffin left the USA in his mid-thirties...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2024
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