Joel Harrison Angel Band: Free Country: Volume 3
Harrison has the urge within to ever explore; his releases have put music of all kinds under the spotlight, from...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
JC Hopkins Biggish Band: Meet Me At Minton's
Grammy-nominated composer and producer, pianist and ex-folk singer Hopkins, a Californian who moved over to New York in 2000, has...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2017
Nils Landgren: The Moon, The Stars And You
Landgren loves a concept. If he’s not funking up Abba, his mellifluous trombone is gracing, as with this charming, guileless...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011
Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1
No fewer than 14 guitarists and three rhythm sections make up the Alternative Guitar Summit – an annual live event...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2022
Hard Rubber Orchestra: Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra
Kenny Wheeler’s final frailty and beloved stature were both shown by his 2013 London Jazz Festival swansong, when, months before...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Various Artists: Jazz from America on Disques Vogue
This wide-ranging curio goes back to the early days of microgroove, via a famous French label (though most of the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons: Live In Philadelphia
Typical. You wait 100 years for a spaceship and then two come along in a couple of months. Following hot...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2025
Miles Davis
Of these three Miles Davis albums, the 2-CD from Storyville must be seen as the most valuable because of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2012
Nikki Iles & The NDR Big Band: Face To Face
It is always good when an international jazz collaboration is preserved on a recording that shows clearly what each side...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Coleman Hawkins: Mr Bean
The blindfolded man with a hat pin strikes again on this 3CD retrospective. Coleman Hawkins first appeared on record in...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015
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