Review of Lookout Farm: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Lookout Farm: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

Dave Liebman was still with Miles Davis when he recorded Lookout Farm (ECM) in 1973, leaving the trumpet player's band...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Fishwick/Roberts/Basile/Sanz/Whitford/Fishwick: When Night Falls

Fishwick/Roberts/Basile/Sanz/Whitford/Fishwick: When Night Falls

Albert Sanz | Dave Whitford | Frank Basile | Matt Fishwick | Osian Roberts | Steve Fishwick

Hard Bop Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the fourth Fishwick-Roberts album on Hard Bop, the previous one having featured Cedar Walton and Peter Washington. When...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2014

Review of Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia

Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia

Adam Waldmann | Dave Smith | Jasper Høiby | Sam Crowe | Will Davies

F-IRE

Rating: ★★★★

Here's proof that the newest wave of UK jazz musicians don't need to play music that kicks arse in order...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Review of Julian Nicholas and Emil Viklicky: Food of Love

Julian Nicholas and Emil Viklicky: Food of Love

Dave Wickins | Emil Viklicky | Julian Nicholas | Robert Balzar

Rubicon Jazz

Rating: ★★★

The big moral here is, get tested for prostate cancer. Now. Food of Love is dedicated to the memory of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2025

Review of The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express

The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express

Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch | Ralph Alessi

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The versatile first-call vibraphonist Jim Hart has recently been nominated in the vibes category for the 2012 Downbeat poll, a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Review of Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions

Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions

Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

The closest forerunner to the newest incarnation of the iconoclastic The Bad Plus –founder members Reid Anderson and Dave King...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024

Review of Colin Steele Quartet: The Blue Nile

Colin Steele Quartet: The Blue Nile

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

Editor's Choice

Marina Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Blue Nile, an enigmatic, uncategorisable Glaswegian trio (Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell and Paul Joseph Moore), emerged from the indie-pop...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2025

Review of Jared Gold: Reemergence

Jared Gold: Reemergence

Billy Hart | Dave Stryker | Jared Gold | Jeremy Pelt

Strikezone

Rating: ★★★

Jared Gold's annual releases on the Posi-Tone label established him as a technically advanced organist whose fluent lines and precision...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2018

Review of Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B

Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B

Bill Carrothers | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Seamus Blake

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

It was Larry Coryell, the 1970s fusion star and enduring guitar-jazz favourite – on an Irish studio session that turned...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022

Review of Solstice: Alimentation

Solstice: Alimentation

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone

Two Rivers Records

Rating: ★★★

For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

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