Reviews
Masabumi Kikuchi: Wishes/Kochi
The recent unearthing of Miles Davis's 1970 Fillmore dates provided a thrilling glimpse of the birth of the gritty funk-jazz-rock...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2014
Pigfoot: 21st Century Acid Trad
Liam Noble | Chris Batchelor | Oren Marshall | Paul Clarvis
The album title looks like an ironic dig at those hastily invented sub-genres claiming to be the new way forward...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014
Tori Freestone Trio: In the Chop House
Tim Giles | Dave Manington | Tori Freestone
Tori Freestone was a late starter on saxophone having spent her early youth playing violin in the folk clubs of...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014
Stian Westerhus & Pale Horse: Maelstrom
Erland Dahlen | Øystein Moen | Stian Westerhus
Ever since I first saw him attempting to destroy the Vortex (and his amp) with tidal waves of feedback while...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2014
Vic Lewis: Vic Lewis Plays Bossa Nova/At Home (London) And Away (Hollywood)
Vic Lewis had two life long passions – Stan Kenton and cricket. Though, in the 1950s Vic modeled his Big...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2014
Jimmy Deuchar: The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955-58
This exemplary two CD set detailing an unsung hero of British jazz's work for the Tempo label between 1955-58 is...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014
Ulf Wakenius: Momento Magico
If Erik Satie had thought of it, he'd no doubt have wanted to recast his minimalistic piano piece ‘Gnossienne’ as...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: Now Hear Our Meanin' – The Complete 1963 Recordings
Although the CD liner notes do not say, this collection brings together all the material released on the KCFBBB's second...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014
The Jazz Five: The Hooter!
A clever and interesting pairing by Jordi Pujol. Two of the best British jazz groups at the end of the...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014
Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Enfant Terrible
Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Ellen Brekken | Ivar Loe Bjørnstad
Norwegian axe-woman Hedvig Mollestad was born in the early 1980s, but her music's primary influences were all in full swing...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2014
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