Stanley Cowell: No Illusions
Billy Drummond | Bruce Williams | Jay Anderson | Stanley Cowell
Pianist Stanley Cowell first came to prominence accompanying the likes of Roland Kirk and gained further recognition when he co-founded...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2017
George Benson: Weekend In London
This new live album from the Pittsburgh-born guitarist captures last year's performance at Ronnie Scott's as part of the club's...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2020
Black Art Jazz Collective: Armor Of Pride
James Burton III | Jeremy Pelt | Johnathan Blake | Vincente Archer | Wayne Escoffery | Xavier Davis
One of last year's most exciting recording debuts was that of BAJC on HighNote. In existence on and off since...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2018
Jæ: Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain
Dutch-born Oslo-resident Jessica Sligter has previously been involved with a project called The Story of Modern Farming, a collaborative initiative...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2011
Tete Montoliu: Blues For Myself
Eric Peter | Peer Wyboris | Tete Montoliu
As with the Lucky Thompson set reviewed elsewhere, this trio recording was first issued on the Spanish Ensayo label and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2016
Romanovská Tichý Hrubý
Anna Romanovská | Michal Hrubý | Petr Tichý
This remarkable Czech winds-and-string strio's debut album lays a feast of a table of the unexpected before us. Hrubý's ‘Ach...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: October/2018
Simians of Swing
For those who frequent Ronnie Scott's upstairs jams on a Wednesday, the trumpeter Andy Davies will be a familiar face....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris Jazzwi in issue: October/2015
Orrin Evans: Freedom
Though Evans was born in New Jersey, he’s really a Philadelphia homeboy and this album is dedicated to that city...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2011
Bill Evans: With The Flutists (What's New/Nirvana)
Bill Evans | Chuck Israels | Eddie Gomez | Herbie Mann | Jeremy Steig | Marty Morell | Paul Motian
Another well-filled reissue, combining two of the more unusual albums in Evans’ discography. The Jazz Collectors label clearly sees the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2010
Various Artists: Soul Love: The Black Fire Records Story, 1975-1993
In many ways this superlative compilation provides a wider context to the recently-released Oneness Of Juju anthology. They were a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2020
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