Javon Jackson: For You
David Williams | Javon Jackson | Jeremy Manasia | McClenty Hunter
The tenor saxophonist matured during the 1980s renaissance in acoustic modern jazz, but cut his teeth with masters from an...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Kandace Springs: The Women Who Raised Me
Clarence Penn | Kandace Springs | Scott Colley | Steve Cardenas
Following her critically acclaimed 2016 debut, Soul Eyes, and 2018’s Karriem Riggins-produced Indigo, the singer that Prince said possesses ‘a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020
Leo Parker: The Last Sessions/Let Me Tell You ‘Bout It/Rollin’ With Leo
Back in the day, being a jazz musician should have carried with it a health warning. Sadly at least half...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015
Barbara Thompson: Live at the BBC
How do you do box sets? Binge, dabble, coasters? Well, there's only one way to enjoy these 14 CDs. Over...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2021
Alfredo Rodríguez: Sounds of Space
“He is very special,” Quincy Jones has said of the 26-year-old Cuban pianist-composer Alfredo Rodríguez. It's pretty good to be...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012
Randy Weston: Uhuru Arfika + HighLife
Ahmed Abdul-Malik | Clark Terry | Freddie Hubbard | Randy Weston | Willie Jones | Yusef Lateef
Although all of this material has been previously issued this is a useful overview of some of the highlights of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2016
Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Live In Zurich
Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor
The 59-minute Zurich concert last appeared on both Storyville and TCB (see Jazzwise 168), while the 19-minute bonus broadcast...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2018
The Esmond Selwyn Hammond Organ Trio: The Middle Half
Esmond Selwyn | John-Paul Gard | Robin Jones
This is a charming album from one of the UK's leading guitar players and instructors. Esmond Selwyn trained with Chuck...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012
Simon Read Trio: Dual Highway
Gethin Jones | Joe Webb | Simon Reid
Read says that the gap between the recording and now is down to money and Covid. That said, this pleasing...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2025
Aarhus Jazz Orchestra: Lars MØteller’s Rewrite of Spring
Dave Liebman | Lars Møller | Marilyn Mazur
Big bands are very much a part of the European jazz scene in a way that they are not in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2016
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