Review of Sonny Fortune: Infinity Is

Sonny Fortune: Infinity Is

Sonny Fortune

Warner

Rating: ★★

There is a decentish album to be made from the combination of highlights of these two sets, each of which...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015

Review of Tohpati: Tribal Dance

Tohpati: Tribal Dance

Chad Wackerman | Jimmy Haslip | Tohpati

MoonJune Records

Rating: ★★

Like his Indonesian compatriot Dewa Budjana, Tohpati has a boggling technique that embraces every mode of jazz-rock guitarism. Unlike Budjana's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014

Review of Rick Simpson: Semi Wogan

Rick Simpson: Semi Wogan

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Crowley | Jon Scott | Rick Simpson

Sayso Records

Rating: ★★★

What an odd title. It's not explained in the liner notes or obviously alluded to in the abstract cover artwork...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2012

Review of The Nels Cline 4: Currents, Constellations

The Nels Cline 4: Currents, Constellations

Julian Lage | Nels Cline | Scott Colley | Tom Rainey

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

Following his gently epic Blue Note debut, Lovers, Cline returns to more familiar territory with a spate of post-bop workouts...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2018

Review of Metamorphic: Coalescence

Metamorphic: Coalescence

Andre Canniere | Hannes Riepler | Ivo Neame | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★

This follow-up to their 2011 F-ire debut, The Rock Between, sees the London-based jazz/folk sextet serving up another compelling and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Review of Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones Quartet/Quintet: Cherokee/Legendary Studio Sessions

Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones Quartet/Quintet: Cherokee/Legendary Studio Sessions

Al Lucas | Hank Jones | Milt Hinton | Osie Johnson | Paul Gonsalves | Roy Haynes | Shadow Wilson | Sonny Stitt | Tommy Potter | Wendell Marshall

Phono

Rating: ★★★★

In a parallel universe, if Usain Bolt had been cast as a saxophonist, he would have surely been Sonny Stitt...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018

Review of Marc Copland: Nightfall

Marc Copland: Nightfall

Dieter Ilg | Till Brönner

OKeh

Rating: ★★★

It’s not just the press release that modestly claims this is perhaps the best of Copland’s four unaccompanied albums, it’s...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2018

Review of Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Waltz For Debby

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro | Teddy Kotick

Jazz Images

Rating: ★★★★

They say never judge a book by its cover. But how about these albums? For starters, the Adderley-Evans summit is...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2019

Review of O'Higgins & Luft: Play Monk & Trane

O'Higgins & Luft: Play Monk & Trane

Dave O'Higgins | Rob Luft | Rod Youngs | Scott Flanigan

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

Here's a frontline to savour, with edgesome youth and deep jazz experience, two musicians with a sense of the out-there...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019

Review of Kurt Elling: Passion World

Kurt Elling: Passion World

Clark Sommers | Gary Versace | John McLean | Kendrick Scott | Kurt Elling

Editor's Choice

Concord Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Album number 11 from Kurt Elling sees the singer casting his stylistic net far and wide, its eclectic song list...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2015

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