Review of Hedvig Mollestad: Tempest Revisited

Hedvig Mollestad: Tempest Revisited

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Ivar Loe Bjornstad | Karl Nyberg | Marte Eberson | Martin Myrhe Olsen | Per Oddvar Johansen | Peter Erik Vergeni | Trond Frosnes

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★

Mollestad’s Trio, whose two shows brought the house down at the recent EFG London Jazz Festival, may have brought her...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2022

Review of Miles Davis: Round About Midnight

Miles Davis: Round About Midnight

John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

DreamCovers

Rating: ★★★★

This is a wacky idea, not to say entirely misconceived – hence the split rating. There might be some small...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Dr Lonnie Smith: Breathe

Dr Lonnie Smith: Breathe

Dr Lonnie Smith | Iggy Pop | Jason Marshall | John Ellis | Johnathan Blake | Jonathan Kreisberg | Olicia Olatuja | Robin Eubanks | Sean Jones

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

This is the third album of Lonnie Smith's highly productive return to Blue Note, and the second drawn from his...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2021

Review of Nicolas Meier Infinity Group: Last Sunset

Nicolas Meier Infinity Group: Last Sunset

Arran McSporran | Dewa Budjana | Gary Husband | Jimmy Haslip | Krissy Matthews | Lizzie Ball | Nicolas Meier | Richard Jones | Vinnie Colaiuta

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Few guitarists have been as up close and personal with Jeff Beck as Nicolas Meier. Herr Meier was wingman to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2025

Review of Katalyst: Jazz Is Dead Series 2: Katalyst JID013

Katalyst: Jazz Is Dead Series 2: Katalyst JID013

Ahmad Dubose | Brandon Cordoba | Brian Hargrove | Corbin Jones | David Otis | Emile Martinez | Greg Paul | Jonah Levine | Marlon Spears

Jazz Is Dead

Rating: ★★★

Los Angeles-based group Katalyst Collective has been around since 2014, with backing dates for Gary Bartz and Roy Ayers on...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: September/2022

Review of Bill Evans/Jim Hall: Undercurrent: The Stereo & Mono Versions

Bill Evans/Jim Hall: Undercurrent: The Stereo & Mono Versions

Bill Evans | Freddie Hubbard | Jim Hall | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Ron Carter | Zoot Sims

Green Corner

Rating: ★★★★

The original six-track duo album, Undercurrent, ranked high among the output of both partners. Its pervading pensive ballad mood was...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2019

Review of Rick Simpson: Klammer

Rick Simpson: Klammer

Dave Hamblett | George Crowley | Michael Chillingworth | Ralph Wyld | Rick Simpson | Tom Farmer

Two Rivers Records

Rating: ★★★★

Klammer is the hugely impressive sophomore recording of originals and ensemble arrangements by the gifted 2008 Guildhall graduate and pianist-keyboardist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Review of Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Conspiracy Nation

Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Conspiracy Nation

Arthur Doyle | Dave Cross | Ed Wilcox | Leslie Q | Tim Poland | Vinnie Paternostro

Qbico

Best known for his 1977 LP Alabama Feeling, Doyle was the wild-man of second generation US free-jazz, with a raw,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2017

Review of Gerry Mulligan/Art Farmer: Gerry Mulligan & Art Farmer

Gerry Mulligan/Art Farmer: Gerry Mulligan & Art Farmer

Art Farmer | Art Pepper | Bill Crow | Bob Enevoldsen | Buddy Clark | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Russ Freeman

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

This Gerry Mulligan Quartet was a very different beast to its earlier, and more celebrated, Chet Baker-featured incarnation. For one...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2020

Review of Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club II 1965-1966

Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club II 1965-1966

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Mike Carr | Mike Garrick, | Trevor Tomkins

Rhythm and Blues Records

Rating: ★★★★

Garrick replaced Colin Purbrook in this group early in 1965, and it’s this revised line-up and three more of their...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021

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