Reviews
Louis Hayes: Exactly Right!
Louis Hayes | David Hazeltine | Steve Nelson | Dezron Douglas | Abraham Burton
Born in 1937 and still going strong, Hayes was named an NEA Jazz Master this year; this seen by some,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023
Dr John: The Montreux Years
Trombone Shorty | Shannon Powell | Dr John | Ronnie Cuber
Let the good times roll! Again. There's been some awful tat released under Dr John's name since his passing over...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2023
Mr Noe: Live at Giardino Scotto
There's something intriguing happening immediately on this live record from septet Mr Noe: moody, chamber jazz plods along, which somebody–or...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: July/2023
Vicente Archer: Short Stories
Vicente Archer | Bill Stewart | Gerald Clayton
Having spent time on the road together with John Scofield, these three musicians have already developed the kind of mutual...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2023
Monika Roscher Big Band: Witchy Activities And The Maple Death
Here's an interesting take on the big band format – Roscher's outfit, formed in Munich in 2011, mix the rich...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2023
Count Basie: The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55
The big band put together after Basie had spent more than a year leading an octet coalesced gradually, with Sonny...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2023
Chris Byars Quartet: Look Ahead
Keith Balla | Pasquale Grasso | Ari Roland | Chris Byars
New Yorker Byars last occupied us in our October 2022 edition when an earlier SteepleChase release earned our coveted ‘Editor's...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023
Pete Oxley, Nicolas Meier: Mercurial Indigo
Nicolas Meier | Raph Mizraki | Pete Oxley | Paul Cavaciuti
The Oxley-Meier combo remains among the most fruitful in British jazz. Their styles contrast: Oxley is sweepingly melodic, tinged with...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2023
Lucia Cadotsch: AKI
James Maddren | Phil Donkin | Lucia Cadotsch | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Kit Downes
Released on Kurt Rosenwinkel's independent label Heartcore Records, this latest album from Swiss-born, Berlin-based vocalist, bandleader and songwriter Lucia Cadotsch...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2023
Bruno Heinen, James Kitchman: Rain Shadows
The comparison of this coupling to Jim Hall and Bill Evans is not a facile one. Heinen's piano and Kitchman's...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2023
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