Review of Mole

Mole

Christophe de Bézenac | Dave Kane | Paul Hession | Petter Frost Fadnes

Vector Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a lot to be said for this pan-European free-jazz quartet’s debut – not least the opportunity to hear veteran...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2018

Review of Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll

Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll

Andrea Michelutti | Bruce Barth | Dave Santora | Jerry Bergonzi | Phil Grenadier

Savant SCD

Rating: ★★★★

Back in the day, virtually every tenor player had such a distinctive sound, you knew immediately who it was. Times...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2015

Review of Scott Hamilton Quartet: Dean Street Nights

Scott Hamilton Quartet: Dean Street Nights

Dave Green | John Pearce | Scott Hamilton | Steve Brown

Woodville

Rating: ★★★

Here's a man who knows what he does best and is content with that. Hamilton, shortly to be 60, has...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2014

Review of Louis Armstrong: The Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966

Louis Armstrong: The Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966

Al Casey | Al Hall | Al Hendrickson | Allen Reuss | Alton Moore | Annie Ross | Arvell Shaw | Barney Bigard | Barrett Deems | Big Chief Russell Moore

Editor's Choice

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

This impressive multi-disc box set comprises three main components: firstly the 1946-47 singles that Armstrong made for RCA during the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2021

Review of Barry Green Trio: Almost There

Barry Green Trio: Almost There

Barry Green | Drew Gress | Tom Rainey

Mole Tone

Rating: ★★★★

The pianist Barry Green has self-produced a handful of enterprising recordings for his Mole Tone label that are testament to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

Review of Liam Noble: The Long Game

Liam Noble: The Long Game

Liam Noble | Sebastian Rochford | Tom Herbert

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

The great UK pianist Liam Noble has performed in many guises – as an unaccompanied improviser, as an inspired covers-specialist...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019

Review of Stan Getz: England 1958/Chicago 1957

Stan Getz: England 1958/Chicago 1957

Connie Kay | Dizzy Gillespie | Gus Johnson | Herb Ellis | John Lewis | Lou Levy | Percy Heath | Ray Brown | Sonny Stitt | Stan Getz

Solar

Rating: ★★★★

Norman Granz's Jazz At The Philharmonic troupe made their first UK national tour in May 1958, opening at the Gaumont...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014

Review of The Kaleidoscope Quintet: Dancing on the Edge

The Kaleidoscope Quintet: Dancing on the Edge

Joe Lovano

Dot Time

Rating: ★★★

Joe Lovano's and Dave Liebman's regular partnerships flowered in the Saxophone Summit supergroup they shared from 1999 with the late...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2020

Review of The Rebecca Kilgore Trio: Vol. 1

The Rebecca Kilgore Trio: Vol. 1

Rebecca Kilgore

Heavywood

Rating: ★★★

US vocalist Kilgore has been around for a while now [she's in her early seventies] and was a favourite presence...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Review of Bill O'Connell: Jazz Latin

Bill O'Connell: Jazz Latin

Andrea Brachfeld | Bill O'Connell | Bobby Ameen | Conrad Herwig | Craig Handy | Dan Carillo | Lincoln Goines | Randy Brecker

Savant SCD

Rating: ★★★★

The core band on this sashaying suite played together for decades in the late flautist Dave Valentin's band. They channel...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2018

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