Sam Rivers Quintet: Zenith
Barry Altschul | Charlie Persip | Dave Holland | Joe Daley | Sam Rivers
Rivers’ Emanation was one of the reissues of 2019. Thankfully the label behind it, NoBusiness, is back in business with...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020
Laurie Jacobs/Dick Pearce Quintet: Full Steam Ahead!!!
Arnie Somogyi | Dave Barry | Dick Pearce | John Critchinson | Laurie Jacobs
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
Gerry Mulligan Quartet: The Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Spring Is Sprung
Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Gus Johnson
No matter how adept Mulligan's post-Baker quartets were, the fact remains that Mis'tah Chet's shadow still loomed large for many...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Julian Lage: View With a Room
Bill Frisell | Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage
Following closely on the heels of last year's Blue Note debut, Squint, View With A Room offers a change of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022
Jim Hart/Barry Green/Matt Ridley/Steve Brown: The MJQ Celebration
Barry Green | Dave O'Higgins | Jim Hart | Matt Ridley | Steve Brown
It was the late Michael Garrick who first conceived the idea of forming a quartet to celebrate the music of...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2014
Russell Malone: Time For The Dancers
Luke Sellick | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Willie Jones III
This is this quartet's second album for High Note and the band synergy is clear – it rolls along through...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: November/2017
Grant Green: Nigeria
Art Blakey | Grant Green | Sam Jones | Sonny Clark
I'm suddenly beginning to feel a distinct kinship with The Flying Dutchman. While he was doomed to forever sail the...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Bobby Timmons Trio: This Here Is Bobby Timmons/Easy Does It
Bobby Timmons | Jimmy Bond | Jimmy Cobb | Peter Littman | Sam Jones
Dr John was a self-confessed fan of Bobby Timmons who never got around to meeting BT or so he thought....
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2012
Nicolas Meier World Group: Magnificent
Demi Garcia Sabat | Kevin Glasgow | Nicolas Meier | Richard Jones
Magnificent? Perhaps. But sumptuous, certainly. Containing no fewer than 3 CDs, Magnificent captures Meier’s work not only during lockdown but...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2021/2022
John Coltrane Quartet: Both Directions At Once – The Lost Album
Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
Universal have been remarkably coy about The Lost Album with security surrounding its release the equal of that protecting the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018
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