Escape Hatch featuring Julian Argüelles: Roots of Unity
Andrea Di Biase | Dave Hamblett | Ivo Neame | Julian Argüelles
The Loose Tubes saxophonist Julian Argüelles and Phronesis pianist Ivo Neame are among the most influential figures of their respective...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017
Karen Sharp: Spirit
Dave Green | Karen Sharp | Nikki Iles | Steve Brown
Sharp’s earlier albums teamed her with another front-line player, here she goes it alone, albeit with a fine rhythm section...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Kevin Brady: Ensam
Bill Carrothers | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Norma Winstone
You might call this a belated follow- up to Brady’s 2007 Common Ground (LRP) and the 2009 Zeitgeist (Fresh Sound...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
O'Higgins & Luft: Play Monk & Trane
Dave O'Higgins | Rob Luft | Rod Youngs | Scott Flanigan
Here's a frontline to savour, with edgesome youth and deep jazz experience, two musicians with a sense of the out-there...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019
William Hooker: Channels of Consciousness
Adam Lane | Chris DiMeglio | Dave Ross | Sanga | William Hooker
Drummer William Hooker has been operating on the fringes of New York's free-jazz scene since the 1970s, steering a singular...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2013
Ray Charles: The Singles Collection 1949-62
If ever a 5-CD set were devised to act as the curtain raiser for the recently-issued True Genius 6-CD set...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022
Album Interview: Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone: Here's A Song For You
Here's A Song For You is a beautiful piece of work. It mixes standards like ‘Here Come De Honey Man’...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: February/2012
Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate
The Resonance album is a considerable find, not only in terms of musical content but sound quality. For a live...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2012
Oscar Peterson Quartet: A Time For Love – Live In Helsinki, 1987
Dave Young | Joe Pass | Martin Drew | Oscar Peterson
It probably helps to think of Peterson as the Buddy Rich of the keyboard – with absolute technical mastery of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Larry Coryell: Live at The Sugar Club Dublin 2016
Colin Scallan | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Larry Coryell | Tracey Coryell
This is the ideal complement to the Last Swing with Ireland session that Angel Air identify as Coryell’s last recording....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2022
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