Reviews
Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah
This long-out-of-print (and oft-bootlegged) jewel from US saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders is a record that has attained legendary status...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2023
Jean Luc-Ponty: Individual Choice
Randy Jackson | George Duke | Rayford Griffin | Jean-Luc Ponty | Allan Holdsworth
Having played in the second version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ponty might not have liked having to admit that his...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023
Woody Shaw: Blackstone Legacy
Woody Shaw | Lenny White | Bennie Maupin | Clint Houston | Ron Carter | George Cables | Gary Bartz
In many ways, Blackstone Legacy, Woody Shaw’s debut release [In The Beginnng, recorded in 1965, wasn’t issued until 1983], is...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2023
Terri Lyne Carrington: TLC & Friends
Kenny Barron | George Coleman | Sonny Carrington | Terri Lyne Carrington | Buster Williams
Recorded over a single session at the Jimmy Madison Studio, NYC, on 19 October 1981, just a few months after...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2023
Gene Krupa: Drummin’ Man: Hits and Classic Recordings 1938-50
In common with other recent Acrobat collections, this 2-CD set selects its repertoire at least partly on the popularity of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2023
Joe Henderson: The Complete An Evening with Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson | Charlie Haden | Al Foster
Joe Henderson’s position in the tenor sax canon is summed up by the title of his 1986 Blue Note recording...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2023
Edward Simon: Femeninas: Songs of Latin American Women
Romero Lubambo | Reuben Rogers | Magos Herrera | Adam Cruz | Luis Quintero | Edward Simon
Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon has a strong attachment to the Great Latin American Songbook. His 2016 trio album, entitled Latin...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2023
David Murray: Lucky Four
Victor Lewis | Dave Burrell | Wilbur Morris | David Murray
When Murray burst onto the free jazz loft scene in New York of the late 1970s, his saxophone style embraced...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023
Sonny Clark: The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions
The short-lived pianistic genius that was Sonny Clark (1931-63) is perhaps better known for the sessions he made with other...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2023
Henry Spencer: The Defector
Ant Law | Andrew Robb | David Ingamells | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson
Henry Spencer has ploughed his own furrow, at once thoroughly connected with, and set apart from, the rest of the...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2023
Follow us
Jazzwise Full Club
- Latest print and digital issues
- Digital archive since 1997
- Download tracks from bonus compilation albums throughout the year
- Reviews Database access
From £9.08 / month
Subscribe
Jazzwise Digital Club
- Latest digital issues
- Digital archive since 1997
- Download tracks from bonus compilation albums during the year
- Reviews Database access