Review of Jared Gold: Reemergence

Jared Gold: Reemergence

Billy Hart | Dave Stryker | Jared Gold | Jeremy Pelt

Strikezone

Rating: ★★★

Jared Gold's annual releases on the Posi-Tone label established him as a technically advanced organist whose fluent lines and precision...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2018

Review of Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B

Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B

Bill Carrothers | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Seamus Blake

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

It was Larry Coryell, the 1970s fusion star and enduring guitar-jazz favourite – on an Irish studio session that turned...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022

Review of Walter Smith III/Matthew Stevens: In Common III

Walter Smith III/Matthew Stevens: In Common III

Dave Holland | Kris Davis | Matthew Stevens | Terri Lyne Carrington | Walter Smith III

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third instalment in the In Common project, in which Smith and Stevens assemble a new lineup for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022

Review of Solstice: Alimentation

Solstice: Alimentation

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone

Two Rivers Records

Rating: ★★★

For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Review of Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts

Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts

Dave Rempis | Hamid Drake | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jeff Parker | Jeremy Cunningham

Aerophonic

Rating: ★★★★

Jeff Parker is probably still best known for contributing guitar to the intricate, genre-hopping compositions of Chicagoan post-rock group Tortoise...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2021

Review of Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969

Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969

Alan Rushton | Dave Holland | Pete Lemer | Ray Russell | Ron Mathweson | Roy Fry

Jazz In Britain JIB-74-S-CD

Rating: ★★★★

Until now, one of the best releases on the excellent Jazz In Britain label has been 2020’s Spontaneous Event, containing...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025

Review of Alex Sipiagin: From Reality and Back

Alex Sipiagin: From Reality and Back

Alex Sipiagin | Antonio Sánchez | Dave Holland | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Seamus Blake

5Passion Records

Rating: ★★★★

Russian-born New Yorker Sipiagin already has 13 CDs as leader to his credit plus two as co-leader of Opus 5,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2013

Review of Jim Hart Cloudmakers Trio: A Drop Of Hope In The Ocean Of Uncertainty

Jim Hart Cloudmakers Trio: A Drop Of Hope In The Ocean Of Uncertainty

Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Leo Genovese | Michael Janisch

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

French-resident vibraphonist Jim Hart used to be one of the pivotal figures on the London contemporary jazz scene as a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2024

Review of John Coltrane: 1963: New Directions

John Coltrane: 1963: New Directions

Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Roy Haynes

Rating: ★★★★

It took the name John Coltrane, who may have died in 1967 but whose influence still shapes the sound of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2019

Review of Charles Mingus: The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s

Bobby Jones | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | John Foster | Jon Faddis

Editor's Choice

Resonance HLP 9063

Rating: ★★★★

Change has been a constant in the history of black music, but the time in which Charles Mingus led a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022

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