Review of Oscar Moore: The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years

Oscar Moore: The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years

Anita O’Day | Billy Valentine | Carl Perkins | Charles Brown | Dru Pegee | Eddie Williams | Ernie Freeman | Frank Ervin | Frankie Laine | George Bledsoe

Editor's Choice

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Oscar Moore (1916-1981) isn’t much talked about now although he was good enough to win the guitar polls in DownBeat...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2025

Review of Alphonse Mouzon: The Man Incognito

Alphonse Mouzon: The Man Incognito

Alphonse Mouzon | Dave Benoit | Dave Grusin | Gary Grant | George Bohanon | George Duke | Ian Underwood | Lee Ritenour | Ray Pizzi | Tim DeHuff

Soul Brother Records

Rating: ★★★

Ever wondered where Will.i.am got that interstellar soul man look? No? Shame on you: just check the cover of The...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2012

Review of ARC Trio and the John Daversa Big Band: ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt

ARC Trio and the John Daversa Big Band: ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt

Gergö Borlai | Jimmy Haslip | John Daversa | Judd Miller | Mer Sal | Michael Schmidt | Mike Miller | Nguyên Lê | Oz Noy | Scott Kinsey

Blue Canoe

Rating: ★★★

If you like big-band fusion, you’ll like this large-forces, multiple-guest-spot makeover of the music of Bremen-based jazz fusion keyboardist Michael...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2022

Review of Joel Goodman: An Exquisite Moment

Joel Goodman: An Exquisite Moment

Adam Rogers | Bobby Shulgold | Brandee Younger | Brian Scanlon | Charlie Morillas | Donny McCaslin | Drew Forde | Eric Harland | Erika Walczak | Joe Mardin

A64 Records

Rating: ★★★

Joel Goodman may not be familiar name in the jazz press, but the cast list of this album, his debut...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2023

Review of Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda

Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda

Alex Garnett | James Maddren | Liam Noble | Michael Janisch | Tim Armacost

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

Our interview with highly regarded US tenor-saxophonist Tim Armacost (Jazzwise 185, August 2014) set the stage for this release, the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015

Review of Various Artists: Here It Is: A tribute to Leonard Cohen

Various Artists: Here It Is: A tribute to Leonard Cohen

Bill Frisell | Greg Leisz | Gregory Porter | Iggy Pop | Immanuel Wilkins | James Taylor | Kevin Hays | Larry Goldings | Lusiana Souza | Mavis Staples David Gray

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Artists have been covering the songs of Leonard Cohen since at least 1969, when Roberta Flack included ‘Hey, That's No...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022

Review of Sun Ra Arkestra: Under The Direction of Marshall Allen: Babylon

Sun Ra Arkestra: Under The Direction of Marshall Allen: Babylon

Cecil Brooks | Danny Ray Thompson | Dave Davis | Dave Hotep | Elson Nascimento | Farid Barron | James Stuart | Knoel Scott | Marshall Allen | Stanley Morgan

Editor's Choice

In+Out Records CD/DVD

Rating: ★★★★

In 1990 Sun Ra and his Arkestra were invited to play a prominent role at a Turkish music festival in...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2015

Review of Sun Ra And His Arkestra: At Inter-Media Arts April 1991

Sun Ra And His Arkestra: At Inter-Media Arts April 1991

Ahmed Abdullah | Charles Davis | Chris Capers | Clifford Barbaro | Earl ‘Buster’ Smith | Elson ‘Dos Santos’ Nascimento | Fred Adams | James Jacson | John Gilmore | Jothan Callins

Modern Harmonic

Rating: ★★★★

Three more additions to Sun Ra's already prolific and mysterious discography, all of which showcase certain aspects of his inspirational...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: February/2017

Review of Tim Garland: ReFocus

Tim Garland: ReFocus

Adam Kovacs | Ant Law | Asaf Sirkis | Ben Hancox | Cecilia Bignall | John Turville | Juan-Miguel Hernandez | Lauren Scott | Magdalena Filipczak | Rakhi Singh

Editor's Choice

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

Since the British reeds-playing composer Tim Garland is an eclectically powerful storyteller and musical landscape-painter, it was always likely that...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2020

Review of Stix Hooper: Mainstream Straight-Ahead/Many Hats/Jazz Gems

Stix Hooper: Mainstream Straight-Ahead/Many Hats/Jazz Gems

Al Criado | Andrei Kitaev | Del Atkins | Harish Raghavan | Oscar Brashear | Oscar Castro-Neves | Paul Viapiano | Paulinho da Costa | Paulinho Da Costa | Scott Mayo

Stix Hooper Enterprises

Rating: ★★

Hooper of course was the man in the drum chair of the Crusaders, from their soul bop days as the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2013

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