Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco: Thank You To John Coltrane
This duo of Paul Dunmall and American drummer Tony Bianco recalls immediately Trane's work with Elvin Jones and later Rashied...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2012
Peter King/Alan Skidmore: Forever Elvin
Alan Skidmore | Alec Dankworth | Martin Drew | Peter King | Steve Melling
This album is worth owning for several reasons. Firstly it celebrates the excellence of two of Britain's finest straight-ahead saxophonists....
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2013
Nigel Price and Alban Claret: Entente Cordiale
Alban Claret | Matt Fishwick | Mikele Montolli | Nigel Price
From the sparkling twinned attack of Price and Claret singing and swinging through Sam Jones’ ‘Bittersuite’, you know you’re in...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023
The Claudia Quintet: Super Petite
Chris Speed | Dew Gress | John Hollenbeck | Matt Moran | Red Wierenga
Percussionist John Hollenbeck's The Claudia Quintet can sound like French café music arranged by Steve Reich for a jazz ensemble....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016
Eddie Harris: Silver Cycles
The late Chicago saxophonist can make a credible claim to being one of the great bridges between the mainstream and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014
Leverton Fox: The Human Arm
Alex Bonney | Isambard Khroustaliov | Tim Giles
This follow-up to the 2008 debut Country Dances extends Leverton Fox's conception of electro-acoustic improv that's heavy on real-time electronics....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012
Leon Spencer: Where I’m Coming From
Texas-born Spencer (1945–2012) is today little-known, but was in the early 1970s an in-demand jazz organist, playing on sessions for...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2024
Jeff Williams: Outlier
Jeff Williams | Josh Arcoleo | Kit Downes | Phil Robson | Sam Lasserson
Now based in both London and New York, the Ohio-raised veteran drummer Jeff Williams initially established his name on the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk
Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky
Last year's MOPDTK album release Blue, a curious note-fornote transcription of Miles' Kind of Blue, had critics and punters furiously...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015
Al Jarreau: We Got By
Released in 1975 and featuring string and horn arrangements by Dave Grusin, Al Jarreau's critically acclaimed and entirely self-penned debut...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2015
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