Reviews
Michael Mantler: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update
Here's an unexpected act of revisiting – not least because of the financial and logistical demands in gathering such large...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Gerry Mulligan: Jeru
Gerry Mulligan | Dave Bailey | Ben Tucker | Alec Dorsey | Tommy Flanagan
No matter how adept Mulligan's post-Baker quartets were, the fact remains that Mis'tah Chet's shadow still loomed large for many...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Jason Jackson: Inspiration
Larry Bartle | Joel Prime | Alina Bzhezhinska | Tony Kofi
No, I wasn't sure who Jason Jackson was either! But he's been one of the hardest-working, most respected trombonists in...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2018
Bill Frisell: Guitar In The Space Age
Bill Frisell | Tony Scherr | Kenny Wollesen | Greg Leisz
The title says it all: that retro rocketeer Frisell has whizzed together songs that summon the spirit of adventure that...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Rosemary Clooney: CBS Radio Recordings 1955-61
Vince Terri | Don Whitaker | Rosemary Clooney | Buddy Cole | Nick Fatool
Clooney was a purveyor of decidedly uneven pop hits in the 1950s, thanks to the machinations of mentor-producer Mitch Miller....
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Gerry Mulligan Quartet: The Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Spring Is Sprung
Bill Crow | Gerry Mulligan | Bob Brookmeyer | Dave Bailey | Gus Johnson
No matter how adept Mulligan's post-Baker quartets were, the fact remains that Mis'tah Chet's shadow still loomed large for many...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Lisa Hilton: Kaleidoscope
Cyrus Chestnut | Eric Wheeler | Chris Beck
The LA-based pianist Lisa Hilton's 18th album Kaleidoscope opens with a blues that owes as much to Muddy Waters as...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Jenny Hval & Susanna: Meshes of Voice
Susanna | Anita Kaasbøll | Jo Berger Myhre | Jenny Hval
Apparently inspired by mythical animals and the 1943 experimental film Meshes of the Afternoon, Meshes of Voice brings together two...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Ry Cooder: Soundtracks
Here's a treat for blues ‘n’ movie freaks, and jazzers who want to know better. No less than seven Cooder...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Junior Mance Trio: Junior's Blues/Happy Time/Big Chief!
Jimmy Rowser | Paul Gusman | Junior Mance | Mickey Roker | Bob Cranshaw | Ron Carter
Junior may have been around for some time, but he only began to attract attention for the splendid work he...
Reviewed by Roy Car in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
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