Oliver Lake: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint And Soul Note

Andrew Cyrille | Fred Hopkins | Pheeroan akLaff | Kevin Eubanks | Donald Smith | Michael G. Jackson | Belden Bullock | Geri Allen | Cecil Brooks | Russell Gunn

Co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet and member of the influential Black Artists Group, Oliver Lake is, along with Arthur...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

Earl Hines: Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945

Baby Dodds | Rudy Traylor | Valaida Snow | Benny Harris | Trummy Young | Darnell Howard | Quinn Wilson | Chick Booth | Jimmy Mundy | Ida James

When I was putting together a Radio 3 Jazz Library profile of Earl Hines, I discovered that since the demise...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Dave Newman: Fathead Comes On

Fathead Newman breaks out from the Ray Charles straightjacket playing fl ute and alto as well as tenor, with Marcus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Cakewalk: Transfi xed

This Norwegian trio draw you in close with their mesmerising blend of chiming goth-noise Sonic Youth-ish guitars, Krautrock beats and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Nils Landgren: Eternal Beauty

Nils Landgren | Rasmus Kihlberg | Lisa Nilsson | Lars Danielson | Johan Norberg | Michael Wollny

Best known for his funk outfits, Landgren may yet be best loved for the delicate melancholy of his ballad albums....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2014

Art Farmer: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Andrew Hill | Rufus Reid | Alan Silva | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Ben Riley

In an illustrious recording career that spanned 50 years (1948-98), Art Farmer seldom failed to impress. Whereas his contemporaries were...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016

The Tubby Hayes Quartet: Seven Steps to Heaven: Live at the Hopbine 1972

Tubby Hayes | Tony Oxley | Mick Pyne | Daryl Runswick

If the previous Tubby Hayes appearance on Gearbox Records – The Jazz Couriers, Live in Morecambe 1959: Tippin' (GB 1510)...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Wynton Marsalis: The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis | Cassandra Wilson | Smith Singers | Cynthia Hardy | Marion Williams | Shirley Caesar

If the accusatory shouts of ‘jazz conservative’ have drowned out Marsalis' achievements as a classical composer then his feats in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

Carsten Dahl Experience: Reverentia

Carsten Dahl | Stefan Passborg | Jesper Zeuthen | Nils ‘Bosse’ Davidsen

Carsten Dahl is a highly regarded pianist in the country that has brought us such groundbreaking television dramas such as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Trio Riot

David Meier | Mette Rasmussen | Sam Andreae

If ever a genre tag has been misused and abused over the last decade or so, it's ‘punk-jazz’. Often, it's...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2014