Hear In Now: Not Living In Fear
Dee Alexander | Mazz Swift | Silvia Bolognesi | Tomeka Reid
Convention would call Hear In Now a string group, but the trio boldly defies any of the standard tropes associated...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2017
James Carter Organ Trio: At The Crossroads
A mainstream-cummodern master of all the saxophones from contrabass to sopranino, James Carter's star is rising. He recently took first...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2012
Jimmy Scott: I Go Back Home
Recorded in 2009 just five years before his death, its creation the subject of a documentary of the same name,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017
The Vicky Tilson Quartet: Mojo Risin'
Dee Byrne | Reinis Axelsson | Stuart Fiddler | Vicky Tilson
As monikers go, the VTQ has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? A bit like the MJQ. Not that...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2015
Entropi: New Era
Andre Canniere | Dee Byrne | Matt Fisher | Olie Brice | Rebecca Nash
Formed in 2010 while still a jazz post-grad at Trinity College of Music, alto sax newcomer Dee Byrne's quintet Entropi...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015
Favourite Animals
There have been a string of great releases on Cath Roberts and Dee Byrne’s Luminous label of late, and this...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: March/2018
The Jazz Five: The Hooter!
A clever and interesting pairing by Jordi Pujol. Two of the best British jazz groups at the end of the...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014
Jeff Williams: Bloom
Carmen Staaf | Jef Williams | Michael Formanek
The Ohio-born London-based drums veteran Jeff Williams is on a roll at the moment. Last year's excellent ‘live’ Lifelike, recorded...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019
Heiner Stadler: Brains on Fire
The works of German-American arranger/composer Heiner Stadler straddle the classical and avant-garde jazz worlds with uncompromising facility. None of the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2012
Delfeayo Marsalis and The Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Make America Great Again!
This arrived in my mailbox just a day after the US election, but the deeper irony is that Marsalis's aim...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2017
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