Ron Jackson: Standards & My Songs
Ben Wolfe | Ron Jackson | Willie Jones III
Jackson, born in the Philippines when his father was there in the military, grew up in Boston and was educated...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022
John Crawford: Times And Tides
Crawford recently played Ronnie Scott's as part of their International Piano Trio series and styles himself on his website as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2016
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Complete Concert at Club Saint-Germain
Art Blakey | Benny Golson | Bobby Timmons | Gana M'Bow | Jymie Merritt | Kenny Clarke | Lee Morgan
This session should be better known and, despite being recorded 60 years ago, I believe this is the first time...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2018
Zoot Sims Quartet: Live In Louisville 1968
Jack Brengle | John Ray | Louis Knipp | Zoot Sims
When, in 1962, Zoot Sims became the first American musician to officially appear at Ronnie Scott's club it wasn't in...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2012
Alex Clarke Quartet: Only A Year
Alex Clarke | Clark Tracey | Dave Green | David Newton
Clarke is only in her early 20s, but is already a player of consequence. Having dropped out of music college...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Jack Magnet Science: Future Forecast
You really want to like this album. After all, there are foremost fusioneers on board, like Peter Erskine (Weather Report)...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2024
Benito Gonzalez: Sing to the World
Encountering Venezuelan pianist Benito Gonzalez as an exciting McCoy Tyner-steeped thirtysomething with Kenny Garrett's band at Ronnie's in 2006, it...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2021
Eric Reed Quartet: Everybody Gets The Blues
Eric Reed | McClenty Hunter | Mike Gurrola | Tim Green
Reed writes eloquently and touchingly about his religious faith in his lengthy album essay. The son and grandson of devout...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2019
Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider: Sun On Sand
Saxophonist Redman and composer-arranger Patrick Zimmerli collaborate again following 2014's Walking Shadows, and this new work foregrounds the latter since...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Bill Evans Trio: Portrait In Jazz
Bill Evans | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro
Recorded three days before the end of 1959, and usually omitted from the seminal albums of that year, Portrait In...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2017
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