Vein: Vote for Vein
Florian Arbenz | Michael Arbenz | Thomas Lähns
The cover is a mistake. Let's get that out of the way immediately. In a garish pastiche of a party-political...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014
George Crowley: Can of Worms
Dan Nicholls | George Crowley | Jon Scott | Sam Lasserson | Tom Challenger
While Sunderland-born tenor saxophonist George Crowley's 2011 debut Paper Universe was a fairly orthodox slice of energetic post-bop, the new...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015
Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland
Allison Miller | Dayna Stephens | Myra Melford | Scott Colley
Myra Melford and Allison Miller have a history together. Melford may seem to have the more heavyweight avant-garde credentials –...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2024
Oltremare Quartet: Uncommon Nonsense
Andrea Di Biase | Antonio Zambrini | Jon Scott | Michael Chillingworth
This Italo-British quartet aims to bridge the divide between the rhythmic and harmonic sensibilities of British jazz giants such as...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012
Hampton Hawes: For Real!
Frank Butler | Hampton Hawes | Harold Land | Scott LaFaro
Creating headlines like ‘Junkie Jazzman Pardoned by President’, Hampton Hawes’ career was never short of controversy. Indeed, the pianist’s hyper-candid...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2024
Vince Mendoza: Nights on Earth
Nights on Earth is Mendoza’s eighth album as a leader, and this, together with Blauklang (ACT) from 2008, provide ample...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2011
Frank Wright: Blues For Albert Ayler
Benny Wilson | Frank Wright | James Blood Ulmer | Rashied Ali
A fitting homage to Albert Ayler, this performance reaches boiling point at an early stage. The combination of Wright's hearty,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2012
Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith: Celebration
Arild Andersen | Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith
Bassist Arild Andersen's critically acclaimed trio with Tommy Smith on saxophone has toured extensively and recorded for ECM – Live...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012
John Scofield: Combo 66
Bill Stewart | Gerald Clayton | John Scofield | Vicente Archer
This set of all-new John Scofield originals celebrates the Grammygathering guitarist's 66th birthday – but if his senior citizenship inclines...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2018
Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday
Surely one of the most gifted – and, as time may yet reveal – important jazz vocalists of our century,...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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