Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus
With both the 90th anniversary of Hayes’ birth looming next year, and the much talked-of ‘Golden Age’ of British modern...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2024
Huw V Williams: Hon
Alam Nathoo | Elliot Galvin | Huw V Williams | Jim Black | Laura Jurd | Peter Ibbetson
Of the band leaders from London’s Chaos Collective – the most dynamic gathering of jazz conservatoire graduates to have come...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016
Grant Green: Remembering Grant Green
Al Harewood | Billy Higgins | Butch Warren | Grant Green | Sonny Clark | Wilbur Ware
The biggest obstacle confronting jazz guitarists has invariably been creating an instantly recognisable signature sound. In far too many instances...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2014
Misha Mullov-Abbado: Cross-Platform Interchange
Cross-Platform Interchange is the young bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado's second album for Edition following debut New Ansonia, which he recorded after...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017
Cannonball Adderley: Know What I Mean?
Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley wasn't the first jazz player to be confronted with the realisation that success can be a double...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2019
Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?
It's hard to add anything to the appraisal I gave this well-known Riverside session a few issues ago. Indeed, it's...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2019
James Chance & The Contortions: Buy
Though he's forever associated with New York's post-punk No Wave scene, James Chance really just wanted to be a jazzer....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2016
Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin
Ben Zwerin | Bobby Ray Sparks II | Chris Bruce | Ivan Edwards | Lizz Wright
When, during the pandemic, Lizz Wright found the time to listen back to some previous live dates, she was particularly...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022
Emily Saunders: Outsiders Insiders
Bruno Heinen | Byron Wallen | Dave Whitford | Emily Saunders | Jon Scott | Trevor Mires
I was a huge fan of Emily Saunders' 2011 debut Cotton Skies, not least because it showcased an artist who...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015
Eugene Chadbourne: There'll Be No Tears Tonight
David Licht | Dennis Licht | Eugene Chadbourne | John Zorn | Robbie Link | Scott Manring | Tom Cora
When this album was originally issued on Parachute Records in 1980 it was in the context of a growing wave...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: February/2017
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