Review of Elliot Galvin: The Ruin

Elliot Galvin: The Ruin

Elliot Galvin | Freya Goldmark | Patrick Dawkins | Richard Jones | Ruth Goller | Sebastian Rochford | Shabaka Hutchings | Val Welbanks

Editor's Choice

Gearbox Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 2019 the Elliot Galvin Trio recorded Modern Times live-mixed and cut direct to vinyl as ‘a quiet protest...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: March/2025

Review of George Garzone/Alan Pasqua/Derek Oles/Peter Erskine: 3 Nights In LA

George Garzone/Alan Pasqua/Derek Oles/Peter Erskine: 3 Nights In LA

Alan Pasqua | Derek Oles | George Garzone | Peter Erskine

Fuzzy Music

Rating: ★★★★

If proof were needed that bebop-rooted, standard-songform jazzmaking can feel as contemporary as today's headlines, this live set – captured...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Marcus Printup: Gentle Rain

Marcus Printup: Gentle Rain

Marcus Printup | Riza Printup

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★★

Husband-and-wife duos are rare enough in jazz – but one that teams trumpet with harp must be unique. For the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020

Review of The Alan Skidmore Quartet: Naima

The Alan Skidmore Quartet: Naima

Aidan O’Donnell | Alan Skidmore | Geoff Gascoyne | Ian Palmer | Mike Gorman | Steve Melling | Tony Levin

ITM

Rating: ★★★★

Skidmore has never hidden his espousal of the Coltrane cause. He clearly worships the man. Open him up and he’d...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2018

Review of Miles Davis: Tutu

Miles Davis: Tutu

Miles Davis

Warner Bros

Rating: ★★★

These reissues, including yet another reappearance of Tutu – even after the super-duper ultimate Tutu double CD reissue that included...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014

Review of Sonny Rollins Trio: Complete 1957-62 Studio Recordings

Sonny Rollins Trio: Complete 1957-62 Studio Recordings

Bob Cranshaw | Candido Camero | Henry Grimes | Max Roach | Oscar Pettiford | Paul Chambers | Ray Brown | Roy Hayens | Shelly Manne | Sonny Rollins

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

The premise behind this is that it would be instructive to compile a set of Rollins' studio trio performances into...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2017

Review of Louise van den Heuvel: Sonic Hug

Louise van den Heuvel: Sonic Hug

Daniel Jonkers | Henrik Lasure | Louise van den Heuvel | Sam Comerford

WERF

Rating: ★★★

First found in the linear-improvising Dishwasher_ trio, Dutch electric bassist Heuvel also works with Aka Moon drummer Stéphane Galland, and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024

Review of Pentangle: The Albums 1968-1972

Pentangle: The Albums 1968-1972

Bert Jansch | Danny Thompson | Jacqui McShee | John Renbourn | Terry Cox

Svart

Rating: ★★★★

There are many things I adore about Britain, but its folk music is not among them: English folk is too...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2025

Review of John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set

John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set

Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman

Solar

Rating: ★★★

Coltrane may be gone these 45 years, but he's the gift that keeps on giving. In the space of one...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012

Review of Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message

Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message

De’Sean Jones | Greg Ward | Jeff Parker | Joel Ross | Junius Paul | Makaya McCraven | Marquis Hill

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Being signed to Blue Note has several advantages. There’s the kudos. The guarantee of quality. Then there’s the access to...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/January/2021/2022

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