Review of Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse

Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse

Alcyona Mick | Alex Ridout | Becca Toft | Camilla George | Carol Jarvis | Charlie Pyne | Chloe Abbott | Corrina Silverster | Corrina Silvester | Dave Manington

Night Time Stories

Rating: ★★★★

Following the late 2024 reissue of her debut Finding My Way Home (reviewed in Jazzwise 302) and ahead of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025

Review of Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express: Super Pop Montreux ‘70

Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express: Super Pop Montreux ‘70

Barry Dean | Brian Auger | Jim Mullen | Keith Bailey

Repertoire

Rating: ★★★

Early adopters in fusing jazz with R&B and the multi-hued psychedelic directions surfacing in 1967, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: February/2025

Review of Camille Howard: The Empress of Boogie Woogie 1946-1956

Camille Howard: The Empress of Boogie Woogie 1946-1956

Camille Howard | Camille Howard Trio | James Clifford Jazz Orchestra | Roy Milton & His Solid Senders

Jasmine

Rating: ★★★★

Texas-born Camille Howard (1914-1993), real name Deasy Browning, like many of her fellow African- Americans made for Los Angeles where...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2025

Review of Ben Webster: At The Renaissance

Ben Webster: At The Renaissance

Ben Webster | Frank Butler | Jim Hall | Jimmy Rowles | Red Mitchell

Editor's Choice

Contemporary/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Taped by Contemporary Records in 1960, scheduled for belated issue in 1972, then unaccountably shelved only to finally see the...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: February/2025

Review of Aarhus Jazz Orchestra & Michael Bladt: Shapeshifter

Aarhus Jazz Orchestra & Michael Bladt: Shapeshifter

Bodek Janke | Cesar Joaniquet | Felix Meyer | Frederik Sakham | Henrik Resen | Jakob Sørensen | Jan Lynggaard Sørensen | Jeppe Lavsen | Johan Toftegaard Knudsen | John Riddell

Jaeger Community Music

Rating: ★★★

Danish tenor saxophonist Michael Bladt and his colleagues in the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra salute the funky-expanded sound of Snarky Puppy...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2025

Review of The Young Mothers: Better If You Let It

The Young Mothers: Better If You Let It

Frank Rosaly | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jason Jackson | Jawwaad Taylor | Jonathan F Horne | Stefan Gonzalez

Birdwatcher Records

Rating: ★★★★

Formed by Håker Flaten when he moved to Austin, Texas in 2008 and became part of the vibrant local jazz...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2025

Review of Neil Ardley: Harmony of the Spheres

Neil Ardley: Harmony of the Spheres

Barbara Thompson | Billy Kristian | Geoff Castle | Ian Carr | John Martyn | Neil Ardley | Norma Winstone | Pepi Lemer | Richard Burgess | Tony Coe

Editor's Choice

Analogue October Records/Decca

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a lovely heft to lowering fresh vinyl to the deck. And especially so with this lovingly restored, high-quality pressing...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2025

Review of Miles Davis Quintet: Live In Vienna ‘69

Miles Davis Quintet: Live In Vienna ‘69

Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter

1960s Records/Rhythm and Blues

Rating: ★★★

Back in 2013, the second of Sony’s Bootleg Series of Miles Davis box sets, Live in Europe 1969, was released...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2025

Review of Oscar Moore: The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years

Oscar Moore: The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years

Anita O’Day | Billy Valentine | Carl Perkins | Charles Brown | Dru Pegee | Eddie Williams | Ernie Freeman | Frank Ervin | Frankie Laine | George Bledsoe

Editor's Choice

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Oscar Moore (1916-1981) isn’t much talked about now although he was good enough to win the guitar polls in DownBeat...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2025

Review of Ricotti & Albuquerque: First Wind

Ricotti & Albuquerque: First Wind

Chris Laurence | Frank Ricotti | Henry Lowther | John Taylor | Michael de Albuquerque | Michael Keen | Trevor Tomkins

Think Like A Key Music

Rating: ★★★★

Who likes surprises? I do, and when they’re as unexpectedly pleasurable as this, I love them. I have to admit...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2025

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