Jazz Rainbow CD1  ***
Jason Rebello (p), Arnie Somogyi (b) and Stephen Keogh (d).

25.01.08

Verve 92785 & 92787     ***
Smith (B3 org), Quentin Warren (g) and Billy Hart (d). Rec 1957
Electrifyin’
Properbox 139     ***
Smith (B3 org) leading groups featuring Donald Byrd or Lee Morgan (t), Curtis Fuller (tb), Lou Donaldson or George Coleman (as), Thornel Schwartz, Kenny Burrell or Eddie McFadden (g), Art Blakey or Donald Bailey (d). Rec. 1956-7
26.06.08

Joanna MacGregor (p) and Andy Sheppard (s). Rec. 11-13 July 2005
10.08.06

Gott CD063 *****
Harriott (as), Shake Keane (t, fl), Pat Smythe (p), Coleridge Goode (b) and Phil Seamen (d). Rec. 1960 04.10.07

Blue Note 70281    ****
Lovano (ts, ss) and Jones (p). Rec. 27-28 Apr 2006 17.04.07

Prestige/Universal PRCD6-30059-2 (6CDs)  | ****

John Coltrane (ts), Johnny Splawn, Donald Byrd, Wilbur Harden, Freddie Hubbard (t), Sahib Shihab (bar s), Mal Waldron, Red Garland (p), Paul Chambers, Earl May (b), Al Heath, Art Taylor, Louis Hayes and Jimmy Cobb (d). Rec. 1957-58 03.01.07

Coltrane (ss, ts), Eric Dolphy (as, arr), Pharoah Sanders (ts), McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane (p), Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman (b), Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes and Rashied Ali (d) plus others. Rec. 1961-1967 09.08.06

First Hand Records FHR01 ****

John Mayer (vln), Chris Taylor (fl), Ian Hammer (tr, flugelhorn), Tony Coe (ts, cl), Pat Smythe (p), Coleridge Goode (b), John Marshall (d), Diwan Motihar (sitar), Viram Jasani (sitar, tanpura), Keshav Sathe (tabla) (Etudes); Clem Alford (sitar), Keshav Sathe (tabla), The Lansdowne String Trio, Chris Taylor (fl), Tristen Fry (perc), Coleridge Goode (b), Tony Coe (ts, cl), Neil Coton (sarod), Susan Lees (v), Ausin Miskell (v), Nicolette Bernard (v), unidentified (oboe) (Radha Krishna), Rec. date not given

27.03.08

John McLaughlin (g, v, synth prog) with various musicians including Ada Rovatti, Bill Evans (saxes), Gary Husband (ky, d), Hadrien Feraud, Matthew Garrison (b), Dennis Chambers, Mark Mondesir, Vinnie Colaiuta (d), Zakir Hussain (tabla) and Shankar Mahadevan. Rec. 2005
10.08.06

First Hand Records FHR02 | ****
Jonathan Mayer (sitar), Justin Quinn (g) and Neil Craig (tabla). Rec. December 2006 28.02.08

Brownswood BWOOD026CD     ****
José James (v), Omar Abdulkarim (t), Nori Ochiai (p), Alexi David (b), Luke Damrosch (d), Ryan Blum (keyb), Gal Ben Haim (g) and Junior Mance (p). Rec. 2007

25.01.08

Rokit|RKT 010|****
Julia Biel (v), Jonny Phillips (g), Idris Rahman (fl, cl, bcl), Dan Hewson, Dorian Ford (kys), Ben Davis (clo), Tom Herbert (b), Sebastian Rochford (d) and Adriano Adewale Itauna (perc). Rec. 2004
22.07.05

Basho SRCD17-2    ***
Julian Argüelles (ts, ss, b cl, fl), Michael Formanek (b) and Tom Rainey (d). Rec. 5-6 June 2005

17.01.07

Label Bleu LBLC 6690    ****
Lourau (ts, ss, as, v), Sebastian Quezada (v, perc), Onilde Gomez Valon (v, perc), Javier Campos Martinez, Abraham Manfa Mansfaroll, Miguel Puntilla Rios (perc, v), Felipe Cabrera (b), Eric Lohrer (g) and Maika Munan (g) Rec date not stated

27.07.07

The UK's most definitive review section of jazz and beyond - below is a complete list of all the albums reviewed in the July 2007 Jazzwise Magazine (Issue No. 110) - to read  them all subscribe here and receive a free  CD.  03.07.07

The UK's most definitive review section of jazz and beyond - below is a complete list of all the albums reviewed in the June 2007 Jazzwise Magazine (Issue No. 109) - to read  them all subscribe here and receive a free  CD. 
29.05.07

New Releases

Misha Alperin - Her First Dance (ECM), Debashish Bhattacharya - Calcutta Chronicles – Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey  (Riverboat Records), Chris Beier - Aeolian Green (ACT), Brian Blade Fellowship - Season Of Changes (Verve), Blink (pictured) - Blink  (Loop Records), Avishai Cohen Trio  - Gently Disturbed (Razdaz Recordz), Carsten Daerr Trio - Insomniac Wonderworld (Traumton Records), Dave Douglas and Keystone – Moonshine (Greenleaf Music), Alex Eberhard Trio - Pelican Rising (www.alexeberhard.com), Fleurine - San Francisco (Sunnyside) Dorian Ford - The Bill Game (The Music of Bill Evans) (www.dorianford.co.uk), Louise Gibbs and Kirk Lightsey - Everybody’s Song But Our Own (33Jazz), Scott Hamilton and Friends - Across The Tracks (Concord Jazz), Joel Harrison - The Wheel (Intuition), Stanley Jordan - State Of Nature (Mack Avenue Records), Mor Karbasi - The Beauty and The Sea (Mintaka Music), LA 33 Gozalo - Walboomers (Latina), Steve Lantner Trio - What You Can Throw (Hatology), Daniel Levin Quartet – Blurry (Hatology), John McLaughlin - Floating Point (Abstract Logix), Sophie Milman - Make Someone Happy (Linus), Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Kroustaliov – Nowhere (Not Applicable),Mark O’Leary - On The Shore (Clean Feed), Jason Palmer – Songbook (Ayva), Enrico Pieranunzi - As Never Before (Camjazz), Quasimode - The Land of Freedom(Sonar Kollektiv), Tom Richards Orchestra - Smoke And Mirrors (Candid), Hank Roberts – Green (Winter & Winter), Bobby Sanabria - Big Band Urban Folktales (Jazzhead), Joe Satriani - Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock (Sony/BMG), Avery Sharpe - Legends and Mentors (JKNM Records), Daryl Sherman - New O’leans (Audiophile), Sleaze Orchestra - Sleaze Orchestra (Self-released), Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza (Heads Up), John Swana - Bright Moments (Criss Cross Jazz), The Thing with Ken Vandermark - Immediate Sound (Smalltown Superjazz), Hein Van de Geyn and Lee Konitz - Meeting Again (Challenge Records), Various Artists - Miles From India: A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis (Times Square Records), Will Vinson – Promises (NineteenEight Records), Walt Weiskopf - Day In Night Out (Criss Cross Jazz) Larry Willis - The Offering (High Note), Victor Wooten – Palmystery  (Heads Up), The Wrong Object - Stories From The Shed (Moonjune Records), Sam Yahel, Mike Moreno, Ari Hoenig and Seamus Blake - Jazz Side Of The Moon: The Music Of Pink Floyd (Chesky).

29.05.08