Review of Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: RoundAgain

Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: RoundAgain

Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

What could be the first supergroup of the post-pandemic era is actually the reincarnation of Joshua Redman's original mid-1990s quartet....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

Review of Benny Goodman: The Benny Goodman Hits Collection Vol 1: 1931-38

Benny Goodman: The Benny Goodman Hits Collection Vol 1: 1931-38

Al Hendrickson | Ann Graham | Art Lund | Benny Goodman | Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | Benny Goodman Quartet | Benny Goodman Trio | Betty Vann | Billie Holiday | Buddy Greco

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Acrobat has become the collector’s friend, the label’s thorough-going compilations a source of renewed pleasure for old hands; and a...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2024

Review of Kristian Borring: Urban Novel

Kristian Borring: Urban Novel

Arthur Lea | Jim Hart | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Mick Coady

Jellymould

Rating: ★★★

Moving to London in 2005 to study for a postgraduate jazz course at the Guildhall, the Danish guitarist-composer Kristian Borring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2014

Review of Jason Palmer: The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella

Jason Palmer: The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella

Edward Perez | Jason Palmer | Joel Ross | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner

Giant Step Arts

Rating: ★★★

Giant Step Arts is ace photographer/recording engineer Jimmy Katz's own label, set up to present work that might not otherwise...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020

Review of Chet Baker Quartet: Live In France 1978

Chet Baker Quartet: Live In France 1978

Chet Baker | Jeff Brillinger | Phil Markowitz | Scott Lee

Domino

Rating: ★★★

Mis'tah Chet's reputation was instant, first with Gerry Mulligan's quartet and soon after in his own quartet featuring pianist Russ...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2015

Review of Julian Lage: Modern Lore

Julian Lage: Modern Lore

Jesse Harris | Julian Lage | Kenny Wollesen | Scott Colley | Tyler Chester

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Kick off your shoes and revel in the twang-tastic world of Lage the Tele-master. In barely 40 minutes and 11...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2018

Review of Phil Seamen: Seamen's Mission

Phil Seamen: Seamen's Mission

Albert Hall | Benny Green | Billy Olu Shoanke | Bob Burns | Bobby Lamb | Bobby Pratt | Cliff Townsend | Coleridge Goode | Dave Usden | Derek Humble

Properbox

Rating: ★★★★★

Over half the material contained in this indispensible four-CD box was originally created for the Tempo label under the keen-eared...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2011

Review of Ornette Coleman: Beauty Is A Rare Thing

Ornette Coleman: Beauty Is A Rare Thing

Billy Higgins | Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Eric Dolphy | Freddie Hubbard | Jim Hall | Jimmy Garrison | Ornette Coleman | Scott Lafaro

Warner Rhino

Rating: ★★★★★

All of Ornette's classic Atlantic material has now been made available many times over but this reissued and repackaged collection...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015

Review of Bill Evans Trio: Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans Trio: Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro

Original Jazz Classics/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

Little needs to be said about this album, recorded live at New York's Village Vanguard in 1961, and documenting what...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

Review of Eric Reed: Groovewise

Eric Reed: Groovewise

Ben Williams | Eric Reed | Gregory Hutchinson | Seamus Blake

Smoke Sessions Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in the 1990s, Eric Reed was a fairly regular visitor to the UK. Sadly, some 20 years later, we...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2015

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