Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Cool
In 2008 Haffner came up with a minor masterpiece for the ACT label in Acoustic Shapes that seemed to capture...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015
Tim Thornton: The Feel Good Place
Chris Draper | Grant Windsor | James Gardiner-Bateman | Tim Thornton
The screen print portrait of the 26-year-old bassist Tim Thornton on the CD sleeve of The Feel Good Place bears...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Gavin Barras Quintet: Day of Reckoning
Corey Mwamba | Dave Walsh | Ed Jones | Gavin Barras | Steve Plews
Cumbria-born double bassist Gavin Barras composed the material for this debut recording in the back of a car returning from...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012
Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat
Mollestad's great gift is to use music to give voice to those who have had their own taken from them....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Valaida Snow: Swing is The Thing – The Dynamic Valaida Snow, Queen of the Trumpet
The wonderfully talented Valaida Snow [1904-1956] came from a showbusiness family and was steeped in the world of black vaudeville,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021
Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues
Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt may have both drunk from the same well, but you could never mistake ...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013
Anatole Muster: Wonderful Now
Accordionist Anatole Muster may still be in his early twenties but he’s not hanging about. Swiss-born and London-based he’s already...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2024
The Louis Stewart Trio: Louis The First
John Wadham | Louis Stewart | Martin Walshe
Local-boy-made-good, and Ireland’s most high-status jazz musician, Louis Stewart (1944-2016) worked first in Dublin showbands, and then built a jazz...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Louis Hayes: Artform Revisited
Abraham Burton | David Hazeltine | Dezron Douglas | Louis Hayes | Steve Nelson
This group’s earlier Savant release was reviewed favourably in Jazzwise 286 and rightly so. This time, as the album title...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2024
Seamus Blake/Chris Cheek: Reeds Ramble
Chris Cheek | Ethan Iverson | Jochen Rueckert | Matt Penman | Seamus Blake
Two-tenor excursions have certainly changed over the years. Though there are a couple of blues, you won't find any of...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014
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