Review of Anaïs Reno: At PizzaExpress Live - In London

Anaïs Reno: At PizzaExpress Live - In London

Anaïs Reno | Dave Green | Josh Morrison | Pete Malinverni

Editor's Choice

PX Records

Rating: ★★★★

As anyone who heard Swiss-born, NYC-based vocalist Anaïs Reno’s debut album, Lovesome Thing, will know, her musicality at the age...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2024

Review of Jamie Saft Quartet: Hidden Corners

Jamie Saft Quartet: Hidden Corners

Bradley Christopher Jones | Dave Liebman | Hamid Drake | Jamie Saft

RareNoiseRecords

Rating: ★★★★

Since he began his relationship with RareNoiseRecords, Jamie Saft has come up with a series of well crafted, conceptually original...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Review of WorldService Project: Serve

WorldService Project: Serve

Arthur O'Hara | Dave Morecroft | Harry Pope | Raphael Clarkson | Tim Ower

RareNoiseRecords

Rating: ★★★★

Co-produced by Liran Donin of punk-jazz fellow-travellers Led Bib, WorldService Project's fourth album is concerned with psychology and politics as...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2018

Review of Album Interview: Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi: An Adventurous Dream - The Music Of Billy Strayhorn And Duke Ellington (At Pizza

Album Interview: Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi: An Adventurous Dream - The Music Of Billy Strayhorn And Duke Ellington (At Pizza

Barry Green | Dave Green | Ian Shaw | Tony Kofi

PX Records

Rating: ★★★★

It’s fascinating to compare this powerful collaboration, and it is a real double header with Kofi and Shaw sharing credits,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2024

Review of Tori Freestone Trio: In the Chop House

Tori Freestone Trio: In the Chop House

Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

Tori Freestone was a late starter on saxophone having spent her early youth playing violin in the folk clubs of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Review of Cloudmakers Trio: Abstract Forces

Cloudmakers Trio: Abstract Forces

Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Jim Hart might best be known as one of the leading practitioners on the vibraphone in the UK, but with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Review of Stoop Quintet: Confession

Stoop Quintet: Confession

Alex Munk | Dave Smyth | Flo Moore | Jonathan Brigg | Sam Miles

ASC

Rating: ★★★

Threads Orchestra, one of Troyka bandmates Kit Downes’ and Chris Montague's tangled career branches, have close ties to the University...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2016

Review of The Harvey O’Higgins Project: That’s the Way to Live!

The Harvey O’Higgins Project: That’s the Way to Live!

Dave O’Higgins | Graham Harvey | Jeremy Brown | Josh Morrison

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

All is well with the world. Dave O’Higgins is back and swinging in partnership with old pals. Pandemics may come...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021

Review of Amanda Gardier: Auteur: Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson

Amanda Gardier: Auteur: Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson

Amanda Gardier | Charlie Ballantine | Dave King | Jesse Wittman

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Amanda Gardier, a young Baltimore-based alto saxophonist, won’t be a name familiar to most UK jazz listeners.But she steps out...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2024

Review of Josephine Davies’ Satori: Weatherwards

Josephine Davies’ Satori: Weatherwards

Alcyona Mick | Dave Whitford | James Maddren | Josephine Davies

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Following 2020’s Buddhism-themed How Can We Wake? this fourth album from Josephine Davies’ Satori takes the saxophonist back to her...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2024

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