Review of Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues

Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues

Herb Ellis | Jimmy Jones | Jo Jones | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Roy Eldridge | Sonny Stitt | Stan Levey

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt may have both drunk from the same well, but you could never mistake ...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Review of Basil Hodge: A Point of Reference

Basil Hodge: A Point of Reference

Basil Hodge | Ed Jones | Oli Hayhurst | Winston Clifford

Zeal Records

Rating: ★★★

Pianist and composer Basil Hodge established himself on the British jazz scene in the 1990s before releasing his widely-acclaimed debut,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2022

Review of The Nicola Farnon Quartet: So Farnon – So Good!

The Nicola Farnon Quartet: So Farnon – So Good!

Dave Newton | Jim Mullen | Nicola Farnon | Steve Brown

nicolafarnonmusic.com

Rating: ★★★

Kicking off with a superb arrangement of Kern and Hammerstein's oft-recorded ‘The Song Is You’, this seventh CD from vocalist,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2016

Review of Paul Dunmall Quintet: The Dreamtime Suite

Paul Dunmall Quintet: The Dreamtime Suite

Dave Kane | Hamid Drake | Paul Dunmall | Percy Pursglove | Steve Tromans

FMR Records

Rating: ★★★★

The six sections of Paul Dunmall's The Dreamtime Suite unfold without break from the spritely opening title track to the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2017

Review of The Darius Brubeck Quartet: Live in Poland

The Darius Brubeck Quartet: Live in Poland

Darius Brubeck | Dave O'Higgins | Matt Ridley | Wesley Gibbens

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

How often do you come away from a jazz concert wishing it could have been bottled, and later poured out...

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

Review of Nite Bjuti

Nite Bjuti

Candice Hoyes | Mimi Jones | Val Jeanty

Editor's Choice

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Black music has a long history of experiments in sound and this engrossing new collaborative trio makes a significant addition...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2023

Review of Art Farmer: Four Classic Albums

Art Farmer: Four Classic Albums

Coleman Hawkins | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Sleet | JC Heard | Jimmy Cobb | Jimmy Heath | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Paul Gonsalves | Philly Joe Jones

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

This may be the first time Farmer has been given Avid’s Four Classics treatment and if so, it’s overdue. That...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023

Review of Tim Richards Hextet: Telegraph Hill

Tim Richards Hextet: Telegraph Hill

Dick Pearce | Dominic Howles | Ed Jones | Peter Ibbetson | Ralph Wyld | Tim Richards

Track

Rating: ★★★

Like the best steak and kidney pud you know exactly what you'll get from the splendidly consistent, splendidly passionate Richards...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2015

Review of Sam Rivers: The Quest

Sam Rivers: The Quest

Barry Altschul | Dave Holland | Sam Rivers

Editor's Choice

Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Here’s a welcome reissue of one of the seminal entries in Sam Rivers’ voluminous discography.Although the multi-reedist made some wonderful...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2023

Review of Tia Fuller: Decisive Steps

Tia Fuller: Decisive Steps

Christian McBride | Kim Thompson | Maurice Chestnut | Miriam Sullivan | Sean Jones | Shamie Royston | Tia Fuller | Warren Wolf

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Saxophonist Fuller made an excellent impression when she guested on Sean Jones’ first Mack Avenue album and has continued to...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2010

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