Snorre Kirk: What A Day!
Alexander Honey Boulton | Anders Fjeldsted | Giacomo Smith | Joe Webb | Snorre Kirk
Danish drummer-composer Kirk has graced our pages a few times recently and the present quartet (minus Boulton who appears on...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2025
Misha Mullov-Abbado: New Ansonia
A polished performance at last year's Proms, in the intimate setting of the Elgar Room, showed that Mullov-Abbado's ensemble was...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015
Bob Sheppard: The Fine Line
Bob Sheppard is one of the sharpest multi-reed players in contemporary jazz but he rarely fronts his own outfits in...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019
Don Byas Quartet: The Complete 1946-1954 Paris Recordings
Were it not for the efforts of Gilles Petard's now dormant French-based Classics label in documenting the recordings of Don...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013
Louis Smith: The Legendary 1957-59 Studio Sessions
So let's hear it one more time for the late Tom Wilson (1931-1978) – a true visionary who produced numerous...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2017
Beats & Pieces Big Band: Ten
Beats & Pieces' director Ben Cottrell is a Manc indie-band singer trapped in a big-band jazz leader's body. Or is...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018
Robert Glasper Trio: Covered
Damion Reid | Robert Glasper | Vicente Archer
Several years ago it became something of a convention among soul artists to rush out an ‘in concert’ album just...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015
Ronnie Scott's All Stars: Jazz Classics
Alex Garnett | James Pearson | Natalie Williams | Pedro Segundo | Sam Burgess
Meet the house band of the updated deluxe Ronnie Scott's Club, an exceptionally versatile outfit which supports the international stars...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2012
Jay Phelps: Raw & Unreleased
It's a battlefield, the title of Graham Greene's 1934 Depression-era novel said of life, and faced with Covid-19's new erasure...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2020
Alan Skidmore: A Supreme Love
It's testament to the richness of Skid's considerable output over the years that this box set of almost entirely unreleased...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2023
Follow us

Jazzwise Full Club
- Latest print and digital issues
- Digital archive since 1997
- Download tracks from bonus compilation albums throughout the year
- Reviews Database access
From £9.08 / month
Subscribe
Jazzwise Digital Club
- Latest digital issues
- Digital archive since 1997
- Download tracks from bonus compilation albums during the year
- Reviews Database access