The Rodriguez Brothers: Impromptu
The last Rodriguez Brothers album was in 2008 on HighNote and made this writer's Top 10 releases list. Since then...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2015
Adam Fairhall/Paul J. Rogers: Second-handed Blues
Adam Fairhall | Mfte Hames | Paul J. Rogers
In this world of seven billion souls and dwindling resources, it's good to see a couple of musicians taking recycling...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Seamus Blake/Chris Cheek with Reeds Ramble: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Chris Cheek | Ethan Iverson | Jochen Rueskert | Matt Penman | Seamus Blake
There's a little bit of magic about most of the tracks on Reeds Ramble's second CD, which isn't a typical...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2016
Shatner's Bassoon: Aquatic Ape Privilege
Andrew Lisle | Craig Scott | Johnny Richards | Mike Bardon | Oliver Dover
Noel Edmonds was one of those who got caught out by surreal comic writer Chris Morris' bogus scam ...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013
Shatner's Bassoon: Disco Erosion
Craig Scott | Johnny Richards | Joost Hendrickx | Michael Bardon | Oliver Dover
With a name pilfered from one of the more absurd episodes of Chris Morris's Brass Eye, Shatner's Bassoon have always...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2018
Chris Biscoe: Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook
Chris Biscoe | Dave Whitford | Jon Scott | Kate Williams | Mike Outram
The only criticism you can have of Chris Biscoe's 50-plus years in jazz is why he's recorded so few projects...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023
Chris Potter: Got the Keys to the Kingdom - Live at the Village Vanguard
Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | Marcus Gilmore | Scott Colley
There's no such thing as a cursory glance at Chris Potter's discography. Since the early 1990s, the multi-reeds virtuoso has...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2023
Multiquarium Big Band featuring Biréli Lagrène: Remembering Jaco
As modern-day bass behemoth Christian McBride once quipped: “There's bass before Jaco, and after Jaco…” and for many low-enders, getting...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: December/2020
Charles Mingus: Mingus Takes Manhattan
As far as titles go, nothing could be more appropriate for a character as brilliant and turbulent as Charles Mingus....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2024
Barney Kessel: The Contemporary Years – Selected Recordings 1953-57
Kessel’s Contemporary albums have often been reissued, what with an earlier series on Original Jazz Classics, and then a pair...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024
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