Jamie Cullum: Twentysomething
Geoff Gascoyne | Jamie Cullum | Michael Strange | Sebastiaan de Krom
This 20th anniversary, limited edition 2LP set represents the first time that Cullum’s Twentysomething, his major label debut and the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Dinah Washington: Queen of the Blues – A Centenary Tribute
Hard on the heels of the Retrospective centenary tribute to Sarah Vaughan (reviewed in Jazzwise August 2024) comes a companion...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Rick Simpson: Semi Wogan
Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Crowley | Jon Scott | Rick Simpson
What an odd title. It's not explained in the liner notes or obviously alluded to in the abstract cover artwork...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2012
Antonio Sánchez: New Life
Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson
New Life is a giant step forward in the career of the brilliant drummer, whose work on so many Pat...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2018
Vector Families: For Those About To Jazz/Rock We Salute You
Anthony Cox | Brandon Wozniak | Dave King | Dean Granros
Panic not, this isn’t, Zeus save us, another Colosseum reissue (or even an AC/DC tribute, though that would’ve been fun):...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2018
The Chicago Reed Quartet: Western Automatic
Dave Rempis | Ken Vandermark | Mars Williams | Nick Mazzarella
This duck-billed doozy finds four generations of horn honkers blowing in from the Windy City to cut a cross-section through...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2015
Martin Speake: Live at Riverhouse
Barry Green | Dave Green | Jeff Williams | Martin Speake
Barnet born Speake’s first set with this quartet, 2008’s Generations, attracted a good deal of admiration, and this second outing...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2011
Miles Davis: The Lost Quintet
Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter
This performance, by what has come to be known as Davis' ‘Lost Quintet’, was taken from his Autumn 1969 tour...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019
David Murray: Lucky Four
Dave Burrell | David Murray | Victor Lewis | Wilbur Morris
When Murray burst onto the free jazz loft scene in New York of the late 1970s, his saxophone style embraced...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023
Alphonse Mouzon: The Man Incognito
Ever wondered where Will.i.am got that interstellar soul man look? No? Shame on you: just check the cover of The...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2012
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