Seamus Blake/Chris Cheek: Reeds Ramble
Chris Cheek | Ethan Iverson | Jochen Rueckert | Matt Penman | Seamus Blake
Two-tenor excursions have certainly changed over the years. Though there are a couple of blues, you won't find any of...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014
Maria Grand: Magdalena
The 22-year-old NYC-based Swiss saxophonist, Grand, discovered the music of Steve Coleman by way of her father, who fell under...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018
Lou Rawls with Les McCann: Stormy Monday
Leroy Vinegar | Les McCann | Lou Rawls | Ron Jefferson
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago with Sam Cooke (who was three years his elder) and the Staple...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017
Kamasi Washington: Heaven And Earth
The runaway success of 2015's The Epic and the subsequent wave of global touring made Washington into something of a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2018
Bokanté: History
Bokanté began as a studio project centred around the collaboration between Guadeloupian singer/songwriter Malika Tirolien and Snarky Puppy bass player...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2023
Claire Martin: Almost In Your Arms
Almost In Your Arms sees Martin reuniting with the all-Swedish trio featured on her superb 2019 album, Believin’ It, augmented...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2024
Neal Smith Quintet: Live at Smalls
Frank Lacy | Josh Evans | Kush Abadey | Rashaan Carter | Stacy Dillard | Theo Hill
Yet another cracker from the Smalls Live label, this time by a group led by a hard bop driving drummer...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2014
Mildred Bailey: The Queen of Swing 1929-1947
Devotees of Mildred Bailey could once obtain all her recordings in chronological order on the now defunct French Classics series....
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2024
Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco: You're Driving Me Crazy
Dan Wilson | Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco | Michael Ode | Troy Roberts | Van Morrison
“I'm just a guy who sings songs,” Van Morrison insists on ‘Goldfish Bowl’, a denial of fame and the “media...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2018
Ralph Peterson Fo'Tet Augmented: Alive At Firehouse 12 Vol 2: Fo’ N Mo’
Peterson, a drummer to be mentioned in the same breath as the Tains of this world, has been an impressively...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014
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