Reviews
Laurie Jacobs/Dick Pearce Quintet: Full Steam Ahead!!!
Laurie Jacobs | John Critchinson | Arnie Somogyi | Dick Pearce | Dave Barry
Saxophonist Jacobs founded and continues to run Peterborough Jazz club, now in its 22nd year, and is, incidentally, a local...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2014
Hadouk Quartet: Hadoukly Yours
A big thumbs up for the Gong co-founder and Armenian doudouk specialist Didier Malherbe's extended version of Hadouk, in a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
Gustavo Cortinas: Snapshot
The native Mexican, US-based drummer's fairly polished quintet (featuring longtime Wynton sax sideman Victor Goines) is indebted to the hard...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
Dayna Stephens: I'll Take My Chances
Charles Altura | Gerald Clayton | Dayna Stephens | Bill Stewart | Becca Stevens | Joe Sanders
Still desperately in need of a kidney transplant, Dayna Stephens is currently the tenor player du jour for Criss Cross....
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2014
Dizzy Gillespie: North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts
Three incomplete sets from various North Sea appearances find Dizzy fronting two different big bands, one of them Dutch, in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2014
Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol.V!!! (Live At The Winery)
Art Pepper | Jim Nichols | Brad Bilhorn | Smith Dobson
Another rummage through the archive has come up with this soundboard recording that finds Art Pepper supported by a sympathetic...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014
Al Di Meola: Land of the Midnight Sun
Still barely 21, this was Di Meola's much-anticipated first solo outing. As a teen he'd seemingly come from nowhere to...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2014
Larry Coryell: Barefoot Boy
It's intriguing to compare Barefoot Boy to Al Di Meola's debut of five years later, Land Of The Midnight Sun....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2014
Christoph Stiefel & Inner Language Trio: Big Ship
Christoph Stiefel | Kevin Chesham | Arne Huber
Having made a name on the Swiss jazz scene, the fiftysomething Zurich-born pianist and composer Christoph Stiefel looked to make...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
Warne Marsh
A great showcase for Marsh with Paul Chambers, plus on some tracks Paul Motian and on the rest Philly Joe...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

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