Reviews

Review of Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Luca Caruso | Will Sach | Noah Stoneman

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

To that current extraordinary new wave of young UK jazz pianists (Deschanel Gordon, Sultan Stevenson, Eddie Gripper et al) we...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023

Review of Harold López-Nussa: Timba a la Americana

Harold López-Nussa: Timba a la Americana

Harold López-Nussa | Luques Curtis | Grégoire Maret | Ruy Adrian López-Nussa | Bárbaro ‘Machito’ Crespo

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Cuban pianist and composer Harold Lopez-Nussa has seen his star rise at dizzying, swinging speed since his feature on Gilles...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2023

Review of Wilma Baan: Look At Me Now!

Wilma Baan: Look At Me Now!

Sebastiaan de Krom | James McMillan | Nigel Price | Wilma Baan | Nat Steele | Tristan Banks | Graham Harvey | Jeremy Brown

Wilma Baan/ECN

Rating: ★★★★

From the swinging opener ‘Oh! Look at Me Now’ to the striking ballad ‘Never Let Me Go’, vocalist Wilma Baan's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2023

Review of Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!

Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!

Bily Nichols | Bernard Purdie | Charlie Brown | Ted Dunbar | Warren Daniels | Norman Pride | Gordon Edwards | Harold Wheeler | Tippy Larkin

Prestige/Jazz Dispensary

Rating: ★★★

Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

Review of Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Ray Copeland | John Coltrane | Art Blakey | Wilbur Ware | Coleman Hawkins | Thelonious Monk | Shadow Wilson | Gigi Gryce

Editor's Choice

Original Jazz Classics/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Seasoned jazz listeners will undoubtedly be familiar with Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane's historic encounter at New York's Five Spot...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2023

Review of Anthropology Band: Scald – Live 2022

Anthropology Band: Scald – Live 2022

Martin Archer | Orphy Robinson | Pat Thomas | Charlotte Keefe | Dave Sturt | Chris Sharkey | Anton Hunter | Adam Fairclough

Discus

Rating: ★★★

One of the good things about being Martin Archer must be that, as sole proprietor of an underground jazz record...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2023

Review of Bill Evans Trio: Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans Trio: Waltz For Debby

Scott LaFaro | Paul Motian | Bill Evans

Original Jazz Classics/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

Little needs to be said about this album, recorded live at New York's Village Vanguard in 1961, and documenting what...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

Review of Tenderlonious: You Know I Care

Tenderlonious: You Know I Care

Pete Martin | Hamish Balfour | Tim Carnegie | Tenderlonious

22a Music

Rating: ★★★

Having followed the 2015 release of grooving nu-jazz quartet Ruby Rushton's debut Two For Joy with the P-funk/house dance-jazz synthesis...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: September/2023

Review of Dee Byrne: Outlines

Dee Byrne: Outlines

Tom Ward | Rebecca Nash | Olie Brice | Dee Byrne | Nick Malcolm | Andrew Lisle

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The title suggests sketchiness but this music is anything but sketchy. Saxophonist Dee Byrne's often intricate compositions and her choice...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: September/2023

Review of Bob Crosby: All The Hits And More 1935-1951

Bob Crosby: All The Hits And More 1935-1951

Bob Crosby | Bing Crosby | Joe Sullivan | Georgia Gibbs | Bob Haggart | Teddy Grace | Bonnie King | the Bob-O-Links | Jess Stacy | Bob Zurke

Acrobat

Rating: ★★

Bob Crosby is a prime example of the gap between pop music that's popular when it's new, and pop music...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2023

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