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

Eric Vloeimans | Brown Hill | Coen Molenaar | Wilbrand Meischke | Marijn van den Berg | Jan Akkerman | Shockwave

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

James ‘Mingo’ Lewis | Lenny White | Steve Gadd | Jaco Pastorius | Barry Miles | Chick Corea | Alphonse Mouzon | Stanley Clarke | Anthony Jackson | Patty Buyukas

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

Steve Marcus | Harry Wilkinson | Larry Coryell | Roy Haynes | Mervin Bronson | Lawrence Killian | Michael Mandel

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