Various Artists: Keep It Light: A Panorama Of British Jazz – The Modernists

Don Rendell | Dudley Moore | George Shearing | Jack Parnell | Joe Harriott | Johnny Dankworth | Ronnie Scott | Tommy Watt | Tony Crombie | Tubby Hayes

While not trying to downgrade the artistry of either Humphrey Lyttelton or George Melly, I don't believe that their musical...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2017

Tim Ries: Life Changes

Bill Frisell | Gonzalo Grau | Gregoire Maret | Jack DeJohnette | James Genus | Jasia Ries | Larry Goldings | Mauro Refosco | Scott Colley | Stacey Shames

Ries is best known for his decades on sax and keys for the Stones from which two impressive recordings came,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019

Rainbow Gravity

Bashiri Johnson | Bob Mintzer | Chris Pasin | David Sancious | David Spinozza | Jack DeJohnette | Mike Mainieri | Omar Hakim | Peter Erskine | Rachel Z

You can’t deny Petito his passion for all things 1970s on this jazz fusion retro fest: he hasn’t just assembled...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

Bob Mintzer Big Band: Get Up

Bob Malach | Bob Mintzer | David Taylor | Lawrence Feldman | Ray Obiedo | Robert Sheppard | Russell Ferrante | Scott Wendholt | Tony Kudleck | Will Lee

Bob Mintzer's big band is as muscular as his tenor sax playing with the band Yellowjackets. Riffs come with sharp...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2015

Ray Guntrip & Tina May: Mood in Blue

Bobby Cleall | Damian Hawker | Dave Harvey | Emily Hunter | Frank Dawkins | Gary Barnacle | Jack Birchwood | John Webb | Lawrence Fletcher | Nik Carter

Veteran pianist-composer Guntrip has evidently been a busy figure on the UK scene for many years, sometimes uniting with jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024

Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities

Adam Rogers | Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | David Eggar | Fima Ephron | Joyce Hammann | Lois Martin | Mark Feldman | Nate Smith | Scott Colley

The world-class contemporary sax colossus Chris Potter seems to be something of a late bloomer in terms of his recordings...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Various Artists: Jazz On Film – The New Wave II

Barney Wilen | Cleo Laine | David Raksin | Donald Byrd | Johnny Dankworth | Michel Legrand

This starry, talent-packed deluxe box, containing eight CDs and a dcopious stills-illustrated booklet, enlarges on the Moochin' About label's first...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: August/2016

A mighty confirmation of Byas!: Don Byas: Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946

Al Casey | Al Grey | Al Hall | Al Lucas | Albinia Jones | Alton ‘Slim’ Moore | Ann Hathaway | Ben Webster | Benny Carter | Benny Harris

Considering Don Byas’ place in the tenor scheme of things, the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD is unequivocal: “Byas...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2024

Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Party

Alexey Marti | Amari Ansari | Andrew Baham | Christopher Butcher | David Pulphus | Delfeayo Marsalis | Detroit Brooks | Dr. Brice Miller | Gregory Agid | John Gray

I was lucky enough to see this weighty ensemble in action on a rain-soaked outdoor stage at the French Quarter...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2020

Tubby Hayes And Paul Gonsalves: Just Friends

Lumped a little clumsily together into a single CD here are two vinyl albums which evoked considerable national pride in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2019