Fini Bearman: Burn The Boat
Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Fini Bearman | Matt Robinson | Nick Costley-White | Robin Mallarkey
Having impressed with her 2011 debut Step Up and her 2014 reworkings of classic Gershwin material on Porgy & Bess,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2016
Snowpoet
Soft-focus songs with poetic pretentions, as suggested in the group’s name and the inclusion of W. B. Yeats and Sylvia...
Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: March/2016
Sarah Ellen Hughes: The Story So Far
Chris Allard | Darren Altman | Dave O'Higgins | Rick Smpson | Sarah Ellen Hughes | Tom Farmer
Since releasing her debut, Darning The Dream, Sarah Ellen Hughes has gone on to win the 2010 International Jazz Singing...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
George Adams: Sound Suggestions
Dave Holland | George Adams | Heinz Sauer | Jack DeJohnette | Kenny Wheeler | Richard Beirach
Not only is this vintage George Adams, from a time when his playing was at its most fluent and inventive,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2019
Brandon Seabrook: Die Trommel Fatale
Brandon Seabrook | Chuck Bettis | Dave Treut | Eivind Opsvik | Marika Hughes | Sam Ospovat
Brandon the banjo-brigand becomes Brandon the axe-wielding big-band incubus on this ensemble recording, a fussy web of clandestine passageways and...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2017
Arun Ghosh: Seclused In Light
Aref Durvesh | Arun Ghosh | Chris Williams | Dave Walsh | Idris Rahman | Myke Wilson
Over the last 15 years or so clarinetist-composer Arun Ghosh has created a body of recorded work that has broached...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2022
Gerry Mulligan: Jeru
Alec Dorsey | Art Farmer | Ben Tucker | Bill Crow | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Tommy Flanagan
No matter how adept Mulligan's post-Baker quartets were, the fact remains that Mis'tah Chet's shadow still loomed large for many...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Clare Daly: VuVu For Frances
Clare Daly | Dave Hofstra | David F Gibson | George Garzone | Jon Davis
Now 65, Clare Daly, a Berklee graduate and educator, has made quite a name for herself on her native New...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2023
Alex Webb & The Copasetics: Call Me Lucky
An extremely classy calling card for his songwriting talents, pianist Alex Webb’s first album under his own name has clearly...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2016
Various Artists: Swinging On A Star: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen
The sheer volume of Jimmy Van Heusen's songwriting has always been impressive, but this carefully-compiled and beautifully-remastered 2-CD pack, with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2021
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