Review of Nick Finzer: Dreams, Visions, Illusions

Nick Finzer: Dreams, Visions, Illusions

Alex Wintz | Dave Baron | Glenn Zalenski | Jimmy Macbride | Lucas Pino | Nick Finzer

Outside In Music OiM

Rating: ★★★

The latest album from trombonist Nick Finzer's established sextet explores the role of the muse through a set of workman-like...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2023

Review of Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold

Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold

Alan Broadbent | Andrew Cleyndert | Dave Ohm | FAME’s Studio Orchestra | Georgia Mancio

Editor's Choice

Roomspin Records

Rating: ★★★★

Completing a critically-acclaimed trilogy following Songbook (2017) and Quiet Is The Star (2021), the latest collaboration between vocalist Georgia Mancio...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025

Review of Various Artists: The Complete BeeHive Sessions

Various Artists: The Complete BeeHive Sessions

Al Foster | Al Gafa | Arnett Cobb | Bill Hardman | Billy Taylor | Cecil Payne | Clifford Jordan | Curtis Fuller | Dave Holland | David Newman

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★

Here is a forcible reminder that Wynton Marsalis didn’t start the back-to-hard-bop movement in the 1980s but, rather like Miles...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016

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 Brother Jack McDuff: Ain’t No Sunshine: Live in Seattle

Brother Jack McDuff: Ain’t No Sunshine: Live in Seattle

Dave Young | Jack McDuff | Lee Johnson | plus uncredited | Ron Davis | Vinne Corrae

Reel to Real

Rating: ★★

This spectacularly so-so excursion into public domain blues riffs by Brother Jack McDuff is certainly not up to the standard...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2024

Review of Pete Atkin: The Luck of the Draw – The Clive James-Pete Atkin Songbook Volume 2

Pete Atkin: The Luck of the Draw – The Clive James-Pete Atkin Songbook Volume 2

Alec Dankworth | Dave O’Higgins | Gary Hammond | Nigel Price | Pete Atkin | Rod Youngs | Simon Wallace

Hillside

Rating: ★★★

Although long aware of 78-year-old singer-songwriter Atkin’s association with the late Clive James, I hadn’t ever heard Atkin perform before...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023

Review of Theo Travis: Secret Island

Theo Travis: Secret Island

Andrew Small | Dave Sturt | David Gordon | Gary Hammond | John Etheridge | Marc Parnell | Rob Statham | Theo Travis

Ethersounds

Rating: ★★★

Dedicated Softs fans will find this debut release on vinyl a timely reissue, given that it features the front men...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2025

Review of Paul Desmond: First Place Again

Paul Desmond: First Place Again

Connie Kay | Jim Hall | Paul Desmond | Percy Heath

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

Paul Desmond and Jim Hall collaborated on a whole series of ‘mood jazz’ albums on the RCA label in the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019

Review of Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop

Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop

Matt Clark | Michael Zilber | Mike Clark | Peter Barshay

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

I wanted to like this album more than I do. Clark is a player named in the press blurb as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2021

Review of Sebastian Noelle: System One

Sebastian Noelle: System One

Chris Tordini | Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Sebastian Noelle

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

Sages of various persuasions have probably been giving their pet names to the dialectics of intuition and rationality from the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022

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