Reviews

Review of Dexter Gordon: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Dexter Gordon: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Christian McBride | Mitchel Forman | Herbie Hancock | Wayne Shorter | Gary Willis | Brian Blade | Tom Brechtlein | Danilo Pérez

North Sea Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Things for every serious jazz fan to do before they die, number one: catch the North Sea Jazz Festival. This...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014

Review of Skadedyr: Kongekrabbe

Skadedyr: Kongekrabbe

Hans Hulbækmo | Lars Ove Fossheim | Ida Løvli Hidle | Anja Lauvdal | Heida Mobeck | Marius Klovning | Joakim Heibø | Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson | Adrian Løseth Waade | Ina Sagstuen

Hubro

Rating: ★★★

Here's yet more proof, if it were needed, that Norway's young musicians are doing more than most to carry the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2014

Review of Anders Mogensen: Another Day at the Office

Anders Mogensen: Another Day at the Office

Gary Thomas | Carl Winther | Daniel Franck | Anders Mogensen

SteepleChase Look Out

Rating: ★★★★

This writer isn't as ardent an admirer of contemporary European jazz as many of his reviewer colleagues, but these Danish...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2014

Review of Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Donny McCaslin | Randy Brecker | Joe Locke | Bill Evans | Mike Stern | David Kikoski | Tommy Smith | Clarence Penn | David Liebman | Joel Frahm

Spartacus Records

Rating: ★★★★

Thumbing through the achievements of Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra it's necessary to pinch yourself to make...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Review of Let Spin

Let Spin

Moss Freed | Chris Williams | Ruth Goller | Finlay Panter

Efpi

Rating: ★★★★

Let Spin, a new prog-jazz supergroup, has a foot in both the London and Manchester camps of the UK's alt....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Review of Otis Redding: The King of Soul

Otis Redding: The King of Soul

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★

Exhaustive 4 CD 97 track set of the iconic singer and composer’s Volt, Stax and Atco sides from 1962 until...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Review of Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum

Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum

Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre | Eric Schaefer | Theo Bleckmann | Michael Wollny

Editor's Choice

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

With regular bassist Eva Kruse taking a sabbatical following the birth of her second child, the critically acclaimed piano trio...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Review of Various Artists: Modern Brass Bands: First and Second Lines, New Orleans 1990-2005

Various Artists: Modern Brass Bands: First and Second Lines, New Orleans 1990-2005

Fremeaux

Rating: ★★★

If you worried that the second line tradition was dying out, this 3CD set by eight contemporary brass bands will...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Review of Polwechsel: Traces of Wood

Polwechsel: Traces of Wood

Hatology

Rating: ★★★

A trio collective of double bassist Werner Dafeldecker, cellist Michael Moser, and drummer-percussionist Burkhard Beins have been working for a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Review of Count Basie: Kansas City 7/Memories ad lib

Count Basie: Kansas City 7/Memories ad lib

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

A pairing of 2 LPs originally on Impulse and Roulette, the 7-piece KC ensemble is the better, compared to Basie’s...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

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