John Minnock: Simplicity
John Minnock began his career singing in the Boston area, but has now become a regular on the jazz and...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022
Trevor Watts String Ensemble: Cynosure
If collective free improvisation summons images of furrowed brows and unsmiling aural assaults then stick this platter in your play...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2016
Samuel Eagles' SPIRIT: Ask, Seek, Knock
Dave Hamblett | Duncan Eagles | Jean Toussaint | Max Luthert | Ralph Wyld | Sam Leak | Samuel Eagles
Young British altoist Samuel Eagles is a strong player with a rich sound and a fondness for bubbling, double-time runs....
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: July/2017
Fini Bearman: Burn The Boat
Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Fini Bearman | Matt Robinson | Nick Costley-White | Robin Mallarkey
Having impressed with her 2011 debut Step Up and her 2014 reworkings of classic Gershwin material on Porgy & Bess,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2016
Snowpoet
Soft-focus songs with poetic pretentions, as suggested in the group’s name and the inclusion of W. B. Yeats and Sylvia...
Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: March/2016
Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band: Body and Shadow
Brian Blade | Chris Thomas | Dave Devine | Jon Cowherd | Melvin Butler | Myron Walden
The superlative drummer Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band has retained the nucleus of the line-up that recorded the eponymous debut release...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018
Sarah Ellen Hughes: The Story So Far
Chris Allard | Darren Altman | Dave O'Higgins | Rick Smpson | Sarah Ellen Hughes | Tom Farmer
Since releasing her debut, Darning The Dream, Sarah Ellen Hughes has gone on to win the 2010 International Jazz Singing...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Brandon Seabrook: Die Trommel Fatale
Brandon Seabrook | Chuck Bettis | Dave Treut | Eivind Opsvik | Marika Hughes | Sam Ospovat
Brandon the banjo-brigand becomes Brandon the axe-wielding big-band incubus on this ensemble recording, a fussy web of clandestine passageways and...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2017
Arun Ghosh: Seclused In Light
Aref Durvesh | Arun Ghosh | Chris Williams | Dave Walsh | Idris Rahman | Myke Wilson
Over the last 15 years or so clarinetist-composer Arun Ghosh has created a body of recorded work that has broached...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2022
Gerry Mulligan: Jeru
Alec Dorsey | Art Farmer | Ben Tucker | Bill Crow | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Tommy Flanagan
No matter how adept Mulligan's post-Baker quartets were, the fact remains that Mis'tah Chet's shadow still loomed large for many...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
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