Review of Bob James and David Sanborn: Quartette Humaine

Bob James and David Sanborn: Quartette Humaine

Bob James | David Sanborn | James Genus | Steve Gadd

OKeh

Rating: ★★★

Recorded a week after Dave Brubeck’s death, Quartette Humaine is ostensibly a tribute to the late pianist. But it’s a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

Review of Billy Pod: Quintessence

Billy Pod: Quintessence

Mirko Scarcia | Rupert Cox | Tom Ollendorf | Vasileios Podaras AKA Billy Pod

Puzzlumusik

Rating: ★★★

In a somewhat career limiting move, Vasileios Podaras (Billy Pod to his London chums) rocked up in the UK just...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023

Review of Satori: In the Corners of Clouds

Satori: In the Corners of Clouds

Dave Whitford | James Maddren | Josephine Davies

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Since winning the Perrier Young Jazz Award and graduating from NYJO, Josephine Davies has developed her musicianship playing with bands...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Review of Henrik Jensen: Above Your House

Henrik Jensen: Above Your House

Dave Smith | Esben Tjalve | Henrik Jensen

Babel

Rating: ★★★

Congratulations to Oliver Weindling for keeping the Babel label going for 30 years, marked by this release, his first for his...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024

Review of The Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: You’ve Got to Dig it to Dig It, You Dig?

The Derek Nash Acoustic Quartet: You’ve Got to Dig it to Dig It, You Dig?

David Newton | De Krom | Derek Nash | Geoff Gascoyne | Martin Shaw

Jazzizit

Rating: ★★★★

Nash is a live-wire musician, game to play in a variety of ways and in a multiplicity of situations. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Review of Linda Oh: Initial Here

Linda Oh: Initial Here

Dayna Stephens | Fabian Almazan | Jen Shyu | Linda Oh | Rudy Royston

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★★

Initial Here is the second album from bassist Linda Oh: born in Malaysia, raised in Perth and now resident in...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2012

Review of Ingrid Laubrock Octet: Zürich Concert

Ingrid Laubrock Octet: Zürich Concert

Ben Davis | Drew Gress | Ingrid Laubrock | Liam Noble | Mary Halvorson | Ted Reichman | Tom Arthurs | Tom Rainey

Intakt Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Ingrid Laubrock is a musician of rare sensitivity and imagination (this is me talking, by the way, not the press...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2014

Review of Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Bill MacCormick | Brian Eno | Dave MacRae | Dave Macrae | Dave Sinclair | Mutter Korus | Phil Miller | Robert Wyatt

Esoteric

Rating: ★★★★

Matching Mole are usually seen as a transitionary stage in the career of Robert Wyatt. The group formed in 1971,...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012

Review of Salvodelli Casarano Bardoscia: The Great Gig In The Sky

Salvodelli Casarano Bardoscia: The Great Gig In The Sky

Boris Salvodelli | Dewa Budjana | Marco Bardoscia | Maurizio Nobili | Raffaele Casarano

MoonJune

Rating: ★★

Curiously, perhaps, Pink Floyd haven't spread their influence across the jazz world, although Sam Yahel's Jazz Side of the Moon...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016

Review of Ben Wendel: All One

Ben Wendel: All One

Ben Wendel | Bill Frisell | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Elena Pinderhughes | José James | Terence Blanchard | Tigran Hamasyan

Edition

Rating: ★★

Major props to Dave Stapleton and his team for putting together such a wide-ranging, diverse catalogue of albums at Edition,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023

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