Brother Jack McDuff: Ain’t No Sunshine: Live in Seattle
Dave Young | Jack McDuff | Lee Johnson | plus uncredited | Ron Davis | Vinne Corrae
This spectacularly so-so excursion into public domain blues riffs by Brother Jack McDuff is certainly not up to the standard...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2024
Pete Atkin: The Luck of the Draw – The Clive James-Pete Atkin Songbook Volume 2
Although long aware of 78-year-old singer-songwriter Atkin’s association with the late Clive James, I hadn’t ever heard Atkin perform before...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023
Theo Travis: Secret Island
Dedicated Softs fans will find this debut release on vinyl a timely reissue, given that it features the front men...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2025
Jo Harrop: The Heart Wants
Andy Davies | Christian McBride | Hannah Vasanth | Jason Rebello | Jo Harrop | Troy Miller
The album cover of The Heart Wants, which features vocalist and songwriter Jo Harrop musing over a lyric sheet, is...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Ray Charles: Original Album Series
He may well have started out as a Nat Cole-Charles Brown copyist, but once he found his own voice, Ray...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016
Sara Colman: Ink On A Pin: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell
It's a brave artist who follows the likes of Ian Shaw and, most serenely, Luciana Souza and Norah Jones on...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2022
Sun Ra And His Arkestra: At Inter-Media Arts April 1991
Three more additions to Sun Ra's already prolific and mysterious discography, all of which showcase certain aspects of his inspirational...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: February/2017
Azar Lawrence: Elementals
The American saxophonist first came to critical notice playing on McCoy Tyner's 1973 Milestone album, Enlightenment, and went on to...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2018
Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood + Bad And Beautiful
Three more additions to Sun Ra's already prolific and mysterious discography, all of which showcase certain aspects of his inspirational...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: February/2017
Jules Buckley with the Heritage Orchestra and Ghost-Note: The Breaks
Regular perusers of YouTube will have seen the benign bearded face of Jules Buckley smiling beatifically amidst the hyper-rapid edits...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2021
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