Review of Ethel Ennis & Ernestine Anderson: Four Classic Albums Plus

Ethel Ennis & Ernestine Anderson: Four Classic Albums Plus

Abie Baker | Barry Galbraith | Benny Golson | Charlie Persip | Eddie Biggs | Ernestine Anderson | Ernie Royal | Ernie Wilkins | Ethel Ennis | Gigi Gryce

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Baltimore-born Ennis (1932-2019) largely stayed close to home, only occasionally moving into and out of national awareness. Her Sings Lullabies...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025

Review of Deelee Dubé: Trying Times

Deelee Dubé: Trying Times

Benito Gonzalez | Corcoran Holt | Deelee Dubé | Mark Whitfield Jr | Russell Malone

Concord Jazz/Vocal Insight

Rating: ★★★★

Vocalist Deelee Dubé made history when she became the first British winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022

Review of Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba: 30 Years: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America

Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba: 30 Years: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America

Abraham Rodriguez | Adam Cruz | Daniel Carbonell | Freddie Hendrix | Howard Johnson | Michele Rosewoman | Mike Lee | Nina Rodriguez | Oliver Lake | Pedrito Martinez

Advance Dance Disques

Rating: ★★★★

Exactly 30 years ago, pianist Michele Rosewoman received financial support from the National Endowment for the Arts to pioneer a...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2014

Review of Preston Glasgow Lowe: Something About Rainbows

Preston Glasgow Lowe: Something About Rainbows

David Preston | Kevin Glasgow | Laurie Lowe

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

It says something about the progressive musical times we live in that Preston Glasgow Lowe have been a regular fixture...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

Dwayne Burno | Eric Alexander | Helen Sung | Joe Chambers | Nicole Guiland | Richie Good | Steve Berrios | Xavier Davis

Savant

Rating: ★★★★

Lest you imagine some misprint in the album title, this tribute album is an homage not only to drummer Max...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2010

Review of Luis Perdomo: The Infancia Project

Luis Perdomo: The Infancia Project

Andy Gonzales | Ignacio Berroa | Luis Perdomo | Mark Shim | Mauricio Herrera

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Following his brilliant trio set for Sunnyside with Drew Gress and Jack DeJohnette, Venezuelan pianist Perdomo (also featured on Ravi...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2012

Review of Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Luca Caruso | Noah Stoneman | Will Sach

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

To that current extraordinary new wave of young UK jazz pianists (Deschanel Gordon, Sultan Stevenson, Eddie Gripper et al) we...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023

Review of Mike Gibbs: Revisiting Tanglewood 63: The Early Tapes

Mike Gibbs: Revisiting Tanglewood 63: The Early Tapes

Alan Skidmore | Chris Pyne | Chris Spedding | Clive Thacker | Dick Hart | Frank Ricotti | Harry Beckett | Henry Lowther | Jeff Clyne | John Marshall

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★

Taken from the ‘Mike Gibbs tape archive’, the discographical detail notes that the seven tracks on this CD were ‘recorded-live-in-the-studio’,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021

Review of Warren Vache/Alan Barnes: The Cobbler's Waltz

Warren Vache/Alan Barnes: The Cobbler's Waltz

Alan Barnes | Dave Green | John Pearce | Steve Brown | Warren Vache

Woodville

Rating: ★★★★

Vache and Barnes are chums, birds of a feather, if you like, and there's a lot of mutual respect evident...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2014

Review of Erik Truffaz: 5 Albums Originaux

Erik Truffaz: 5 Albums Originaux

Anouar Brahem | Erik Truffaz | Manu Codjia | Marc Erbetta | Marcello Giuliani | Michel Benita | Mounir Troudi | NYA | Patrick Muller | Phillipe Garcia

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★

Let's hope the svelte Swiss-French trumpeter had an off day on his last visit to Ronnie Scott's in the summer,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

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