Reviews
Baldych & Herman: The New Tradition
If the Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock duo, reviewed elsewhere in this magazine (page 43), appear as exemplary exponents of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014
Samo Salamon Bassless Quartet: 2Alto
A Slovenian ambient jazz-rock guitarist with influences ranging from Tim Berne to Robert Fripp composes imaginatively here for a quartet...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014
Lester Young: Jazz Giants 56
Unquestionably Lester's finest late session, this new reissue is not as comprehensive as the 2CD Lonehill set that preceded it...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014
Chat Noir: Elec3Cities
Michele Cavallari | Giuliano Ferrari | Luca Fogagnolo
As is the modern way, this release was recorded in three different cities and cut and pasted together to create...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2014
Vein: Vote for Vein
Florian Arbenz | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns
The cover is a mistake. Let's get that out of the way immediately. In a garish pastiche of a party-political...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014
Dave O'Higgins: Standards
Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | Pat Senatore
Sometimes you just need a hit to the soul: and O'Higgins delivers in spades with a collection that is just...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017
George Lewis: Keeper of the Flame
For the most part this 8 CD set features the standard line-up of George Lewis's Ragtime Band of the 1950s:...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014
Steve Beresford and Nigel Coombes: White Strings Attached
Steve Beresford | Nigel Coombes
Piano and violin can be a tricky combination, as Coombes' original, 1979 liner notes acknowledged: “Countless composers have tried since...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2014
Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila
Jordan's debut for Blue Note (still available from them) is a classic, and one of her finest albums – this...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014
Tim Garland: Songs to the North Sky
Tim Garland's impressive debut on the Edition label is marked by this two CD set, neatly split between a musical...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

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