Aziza
Chris Potter | Dave Holland | Eric Harland | Lionel Loueke
The double bass jazz maestro Dave Holland turned 70 in October but shows no signs of slowing down. In fact,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016
Roy Haynes: Roy Haynes Modern Group
Barney Wilen | Henri Renaud | Jay Cameron | Jimmy Gourley | Jimmy Jones | Joe Benjamin | Roy Haynes
The process of reissuing material from the French labels Vogue and Swing through Sony began with the monumental 20CD set...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2017
Wes Montgomery: So Much Guitar!/Montgomery Brothers in Canada
The first eight tracks here come from the album, which helped establish Wes Montgomery as a global guitar superstar. Though...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2012
Geoff Simkins Trio: In A Quiet Way
Dave Green | Geoff Simkins | Nikki Iles
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed a review of mine devoted to a London appearance by this Simkins trio...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2017
Phil Seamen: Seamen's Mission
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
Emmet Cohen: Uptown in Orbit
Emmet Cohen | Kyle Poole | Patrick Bartley | Russell Hall | Sean Jones
If you don’t know the original Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith ‘Fingerbuster’, cut for Commodore in 1939, you might think that...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2023
Art Farmer: Portrait of Art Farmer
Addison Farmer | Art Farmer | Hank Jones | Roy Haynes
Although he’d honed his bop chops with the likes of Wardell Gray and Dexter Gordon, served time in the R&B...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2024
Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: Joyriding
Derek Nash is a busy man. He’s a key member of Jools Holland’s hard-touring Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, leader of...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2011
The Ray Russell Quartet: Spontaneous Event – Live Vol.1: 1967-69
Alan Rushton | Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Ron Fry | Ron Mathewson
For aficionados of British jazz, guitarist Ray Russell is a tantalising if not downright frustrating prospect: a formidable talent who...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020
Lookout Farm: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall
Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach
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
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