Reviews
Azamiah: In Phases
There’s a load of really interesting jazz coming out of Scotland, and more specifically Glasgow, at the moment. If you...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: August/2023
André Previn and His Pals, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell: West Side Story
Red Mitchell | Shelly Manne | André Previn
More than 65 years on from its theatre debut, it’s now difficult to grasp just how musically radical and adventurous...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2023
Joachim Kühn New Trio: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIV: Komeda
There have been numerous recorded homages to the iconic jazz pianist-composer Krzysztof Komeda by artists from his native Poland: from...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2023
Soft Machine: Other Doors
John Etheridge | Fred Thelonious Baker | Roy Babbington | John Marshall | Theo Travis
Things may come, and things may go, but Soft Machine and the Art School dance go on forever. In the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2023
Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937
The benchmark for reissues of Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra from its earliest days until it disbanded in the late 1930s has...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2023
John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy
John Coltrane | Reggie Workman | Eric Dolphy | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones
There have been some fascinating, and absorbing, discoveries of previously unissued Coltrane material culled from a variety of sources, but...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023
Sam Rivers: The Quest
Dave Holland | Barry Altschul | Sam Rivers
Here’s a welcome reissue of one of the seminal entries in Sam Rivers’ voluminous discography.Although the multi-reedist made some wonderful...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2023
Harald Lassen: Balans
Lassen has been around on the Norwegian scene for a while now, but this well-constructed album of contemplative moods is...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023
David Axelrod: Heavy Axe
Best-known these days among the beats ‘n’ breaks community, producer-keyboardist-composer-arranger David Axelrod also had impeccable jazz connections back in the...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2023
Cedar Walton: More Blues For Myself
The late Cedar Walton started out as an authoritative sideman for people like JJ Johnson and Art Blakey, and developed...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2023
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