Review of Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Harry South | Horace Parlan

Editor's Choice

Avid JazzAMSC

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Huw V Williams: Hon

Huw V Williams: Hon

Alam Nathoo | Elliot Galvin | Huw V Williams | Jim Black | Laura Jurd | Peter Ibbetson

Chaos Collective

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Grant Green: Remembering Grant Green

Grant Green: Remembering Grant Green

Al Harewood | Billy Higgins | Butch Warren | Grant Green | Sonny Clark | Wilbur Ware

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Misha Mullov-Abbado: Cross-Platform Interchange

Misha Mullov-Abbado: Cross-Platform Interchange

Elad Neeman | James Davison | Liam Dunachie | Matthew Herd | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Sam Rapley | Scott Chapman

Edition

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Cannonball Adderley: Know What I Mean?

Cannonball Adderley: Know What I Mean?

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Connie Kay | Paul Motian | Percy Heath | Scott LaFaro | Shelly Manne

Matchball

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Connie Kay | Paul Motian | Percy Heath | Scott LaFaro | Shelly Manne

Matchball

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of James Chance & The Contortions: Buy

James Chance & The Contortions: Buy

Adele Bertei | David Hoftsra | Don Christensen | George Scott | James Chance | Jody Harris | Pat Plac

Ze

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin

Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin

Ben Zwerin | Bobby Ray Sparks II | Chris Bruce | Ivan Edwards | Lizz Wright

Editor's Choice

Blues & Greens Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Emily Saunders: Outsiders Insiders

Emily Saunders: Outsiders Insiders

Bruno Heinen | Byron Wallen | Dave Whitford | Emily Saunders | Jon Scott | Trevor Mires

The Mix Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Eugene Chadbourne: There'll Be No Tears Tonight

Eugene Chadbourne: There'll Be No Tears Tonight

David Licht | Dennis Licht | Eugene Chadbourne | John Zorn | Robbie Link | Scott Manring | Tom Cora

Corbett vs Dempsey CvsD

Rating: ★★★

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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