Chris Speed Trio: Respect For Your Toughness
Chris Speed | Chris Tordini | Dave King
New York-based saxophonist Chris Speed’s career stretches back to the early 1990s and includes work with Claudia Quintet and Tim...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2020
Paul Desmond: Desmond: Here I Am Quartet and Quintet
Bill Bates | Dave Van Kriedt | Dick Collins | Don Elliott | Paul Desmond
With the rise of pattern based improvisation through the influence of jazz academe, melodic improvisation has receded. Thus Desmond's name,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Paul Riley Quintet: Into View
Ant Law | Dave Hamblett | Matt Ridley | Mitch Jones | Paul Riley
Having graduated from Trinity College in 2007, the alto and soprano saxophonist/composer Paul Riley's debut features a quintet that he...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015
Wheelhouse: Boss of the Plains
Dave Rempis | Jason Adasiewicz | Nate McBride
When this Chicago-based trio first came together in 2005, the intention was to perform each other’s compositions. Over the years...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013
Ollie Howell: Sutures and Stitches
Duncan Eagles | Mark Perry | Matt Robinson | Max Luthert | Ollie Howell
None other than Quincy Jones saw something very special in this now London-based drummer when he saw him perform in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Alex Sipiagin: Overlooking Moments
Alex Sipiagin | Chris Potter | Eric Harland | Scott Colley
Criss Cross boss-producer Gerry Teekens is astonishingly loyal to his artistes. Take Russian trumpeter Sipiagin, for years now an in-demand...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2013
Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places: Volume 2
This excellent second installment of Different Times, Different Places gives a further insight into the vast achievements of the late...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016
Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter
Seldom do recordings of previously unissued material from the past demand jazz history be re-written. Live in Europe 1969 Vol....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2013
Julian Lage: Love Hurts
Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage
Hard to imagine two more different stylists than Hedwig Mollestad and Lage, but both favour the keep ’em brief but...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2019
Chris Speed Trio: Despite Obstacles
Chris Speed | Chris Tordini | Dave King
The initial idea for Chris Speed’s current trio - of drummer Dave King, both now joined in the newly-formatted The...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2023
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