Reviews
Nikki Iles & The NDR Big Band: Face To Face
It is always good when an international jazz collaboration is preserved on a recording that shows clearly what each side...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
John Stein: No Goodbyes
Mike Connors | Ed Lucie | Cynthia Scott | John Stein
Stein’s earlier releases on this Maryland-based label earned our appreciation for both their musical quality and for the attention paid...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Courtney Pine: Journey To The Urge Within
It may be hard, in 2023, to gauge the pressure Courtney Pine was under when he made this debut almost...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Jamie Cullum: Twentysomething
Sebastiaan de Krom | Michael Strange | Geoff Gascoyne | Jamie Cullum
This 20th anniversary, limited edition 2LP set represents the first time that Cullum’s Twentysomething, his major label debut and the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Allison Miller: Rivers In Our Veins
Allison Miller has been the drummer-leader of ensemble Boom Tic Boom for the past decade or so, and she’s also...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Andreas Schaerer/Kalle Kalima: Evolution
Kalle Kalima | Tim Lefebvre | Andreas Schaerer
Andreas Schaerer delivers what must be one of the finest mouth trumpet solos of the year on ‘Multitasking’ – in...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Chien Chien Lu: Built in System (Live From New York)
Chien Chien Lu | Jeremy Pelt | Richie Goods | Alan Mednard
Vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu’s second release presents a gripping set of originals loaded with the sensitive interplay of an on-song...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Toshiko Mariano: Toshiko Mariano Quartet
Eddie Marshall | Charlie Mariano | Gene Cherico | Toshiko Akiyoshi Mariano
Given his nearly four-decade ‘second career’ in Europe, it’s easy to forget how senior Charlie Mariano was, but his centenary...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Simon Spillett Big Band: Dear Tubby H
Everything about this first-ever release on drummer Pete Cater’s new mister PC label exudes class. The look of the album,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Ohad Talmor: Back To The Land
The ‘lost tapes’ scenario is a well known, but in this case it is not just another session by a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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