Review of Cloudmakers Five: Traveling Pulse

Cloudmakers Five: Traveling Pulse

Antonin-Tri Hoang | Dave Smith | Hannes Riepler | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Various Artists: Cosmic Forest: The Spiritual Sound Of MPS

Various Artists: Cosmic Forest: The Spiritual Sound Of MPS

Albert Mangelsdorff | Dave Pike | George Gruntz | Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra | Michael Naura | Nathan Davis | The Third Wave | Tony Scott

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels

Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels

Abbey Lincoln | Benny Bailey | Booker Little | Charles Mingus | Eric Dolphy | Jimmy Knepper | Jo Jones | Julian Priester | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of James Brandon Lewis: Molecular

James Brandon Lewis: Molecular

Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis

Editor's Choice

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Sarah Vaughan: The Complete Columbia Singles As & Bs 1949-53

Sarah Vaughan: The Complete Columbia Singles As & Bs 1949-53

Bennie Green | Jimmy Jones | Miles Davis | Sarah Vaughan

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Joe Webb: Collblanc

Joe Webb: Collblanc

Joe Webb | Sam Jesson | Will Sach

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Cannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else: The Stereo and Mono Versions

Cannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else: The Stereo and Mono Versions

Art Blakey | Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Hank Jones | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Sam Jones

Groove Replica

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of The Darius Brubeck Quartet: Cathy's Summer

The Darius Brubeck Quartet: Cathy's Summer

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

Gathering Forces

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Ken Fowser: Right On Time

Ken Fowser: Right On Time

Brian Charette | Ed Cherry | Joe Magnarelli | Ken Fowser | Steve Davis | Willie Jones III

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer

Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer

Airto Moreira | Dave McDaniel | Herbie Hancock | Milton Nascimento | Roberto Silva | Wagner Tiso | Wayne Shorter

Columbia/Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

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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