Reviews

Review of Terry Gibbs Legacy Band: The Terry Gibbs Songbook

Terry Gibbs Legacy Band: The Terry Gibbs Songbook

Harry Allen | Scott Hamilton | Gerry Gibbs | Terry Gibbs | Tom Ranier | Mike Gurrola | Danny Bacher

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★

Rather remarkably, Terry Gibbs, the celebrated vibist and bandleader, is still with us at the great age of 98 –...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2023

Review of Felipe Salles and Interconnections Ensemble: Home is Here

Felipe Salles and Interconnections Ensemble: Home is Here

Interconnections Ensemble | Magos Herrera | Paquito D’Rivera | Melissa Aldana | Chico Pinheiro | Yosvany Terry | Felipe Salles | Nadje Noordhuis | Sofia Rei | Jacques Schwarz-Bart

Tapestry Records

Rating: ★★★★

Everything runs like clockwork on Home is Here, the third album from saxophonist/bandleader Felipe Salles. His big band writing is...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: August/2023

Review of Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts: Encore

Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts: Encore

David McDaniels | Julie Tippetts | Julia Waters Willard | Jesica Smith | George Doering | Brian Auger | Maxine Waters Willard | Dave Crigger

Esoteric/Cherry Red

Rating: ★★★★

Reunion albums rarely rekindle the magic of former glories, often becoming little more than marketing opportunities for the (financially) more...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: August/2023

Review of Zoe Rahman: Colour Of Sound

Zoe Rahman: Colour Of Sound

Byron Wallen | Gene Calderazzo | Rosie Turton | Rowland Sutherland | Alex Ridout | Zoe Rahman | Idris Rahman | Alex Dankworth

Editor's Choice

Manushi

Rating: ★★★★

Some two decades after her auspicious debut The Cynic, British pianist Zoe Rahman emphatically fulfils the considerable potential that was...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2023

Review of Mark Dresser: Tines Of Change

Mark Dresser: Tines Of Change

Mark Dresser

Pyroclastic

Rating: ★★★

Through a lengthy tenure in Anthony Braxton’s 1980s/90s quartet and collaborations with arch conceptualists such as Henry Threadgill and John...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2023

Review of Barney Kessel: The Barney Kessel Story: Honey Rock 1954-1962

Barney Kessel: The Barney Kessel Story: Honey Rock 1954-1962

Bill Perkins | Monty Budwig | Jimmy Rowles | Irv Cottler | Joe Gordon | Red Mitchell | Julie London | Shelly Manne | Ray Brown | Harry Edison

Jasmine

Rating: ★★★★

Here’s a good-value double-disc compendium of Barney Kessel performances largely culled from the albums issued under his name from 1954–62...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2023

Review of Kurt Rosenwinkel: Undercover (Live at the Village Vanguard)

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Undercover (Live at the Village Vanguard)

Eric Revis | Greg Hutchinson | Aaron Parks | Kurt Rosenwinkel

Editor's Choice

Heartcore Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rosenwinkel's pure tone and unhurriedly graceful phrasing started building an audience in the 1990s, and though some of his storytelling...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2023

Review of Knoel Scott feat Marshall Allen: Celestial

Knoel Scott feat Marshall Allen: Celestial

Mikele Montilli | Knoel Scott | Chris Henderson | Charlie Stacey | Marshall Allen

Night Dreamer

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a glorious tradition of talented sax players who shunned the limelight to spend almost their entire careers as loyal...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2023

Review of Charlie Watts: Anthology

Charlie Watts: Anthology

Chris Pyne | Dave Green | Ron Mathewson | Stan Tracey | John Huckeridge | Henry Lowther | Colin Smith | Bernard Fowler | Harry Beckett | Courtney Pine

BMG

Rating: ★★★

During the 58 years of his day job with the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts released eight albums with his own...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: August/2023

Review of Omer Klein: Life & Fire

Omer Klein: Life & Fire

Amir Bresler | Omer Klein | Haggai Cohen-Milo

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★★

Based in Germany, Omer Klein has been described as “borderless” by The New York Times, which presumably means his style...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023

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