Cloudmakers Five: Traveling Pulse
Antonin-Tri Hoang | Dave Smith | Hannes Riepler | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch
Jim Hart has been pushing at the boundaries of the art of jazz vibraphone since forming Cloudmakers in 2015, his...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018
Various Artists: Cosmic Forest: The Spiritual Sound Of MPS
A label with real kudos among collectors, Germany’s MPS peaked between the early and mid-1970s. The catalogue bulged with recordings...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels
This latest Candid remastered CD and LP stands up well in musical terms, with its backstory and its stylistically mixed...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2024
James Brandon Lewis: Molecular
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis
For many years now, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has impressed in piano-less trios, and here he maintains high standards in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2021
Sarah Vaughan: The Complete Columbia Singles As & Bs 1949-53
Bennie Green | Jimmy Jones | Miles Davis | Sarah Vaughan
Released in 2018, Acrobat’s impressive 2CD anthology Sarah Vaughan – The Early Years 1944-48 brought together 49 tracks which Vaughan...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2020
Joe Webb: Collblanc
Joe Webb | Sam Jesson | Will Sach
A quick Google reveals that Collblanc is a suburb of Barcelona: qué significa? No importa: the main point of interest...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2024
Cannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else: The Stereo and Mono Versions
Fresh from their success in selling two versions of Blues And The Abstract Truth (see Jazzwise 228), the reissue producers...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2020
The Darius Brubeck Quartet: Cathy's Summer
Darius Brubeck | Dave O'Higgins | Matt Ridley | Wesley Gibbens
Some eternal values remain, not the least the benign influence of Dave Brubeck through his accomplished clan. Featuring eight of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2015
Ken Fowser: Right On Time
Brian Charette | Ed Cherry | Joe Magnarelli | Ken Fowser | Steve Davis | Willie Jones III
Posi-Tone producer and label co-owner Marc Free seems to be a very loyal guy. He’s got some artistes – mainly...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2019
Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer
Native Dancer represented Shorter's growing fascination with Portuguese and Brazilian culture following his marriage to his Portuguese wife Ana Maria...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017
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