Review of Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Harry South | Horace Parlan

Editor's Choice

Avid JazzAMSC

Rating: ★★★★

With both the 90th anniversary of Hayes’ birth looming next year, and the much talked-of ‘Golden Age’ of British modern...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2024

Review of Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights On A Satellite

Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights On A Satellite

Anthony Nelson | Brent White | Carl LeBlanc | Cecil Brooks | Chris Hemingway | Dave Davis | Dave Hotep | Elson Nascimento | Farid Barron | George Gray

Editor's Choice

In+Out Records

Rating: ★★★★

By way of marking Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen’s 100th trip around the sun, Lights On A Satellite is...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2024

Review of Georgie Fame: Survival: A Career Anthology 1963-2015

Georgie Fame: Survival: A Career Anthology 1963-2015

Alan Price | Alan Skidmore | Alec Dankworth | Anthony Kerr | Ben Sidran | Bernie Holland | Bob Malach | Brian Bennett | Brian Odgers | Buddy Beadle

UMC

Rating: ★★★★

If you wish to judge a man by the company he keeps, then look no further than the Hall of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017

Review of Album Interview: Jamie Saft: The New Standard

Album Interview: Jamie Saft: The New Standard

Bobby Previte | Jamie Saft | Steve Swallow

RareNoiseRecords

Rating: ★★★

Pianist/keyboardist Jamie Saft is pretty much the quintessence of the iconoclastic downtown New York jazz musician, if such a thing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Review of Billy Jenkins: True Love Collection

Billy Jenkins: True Love Collection

Billy Jenkins | Christine Tobin | Dave Ramm | Django Bates | Iain Ballamy | Martin France | Mike Pickering | Steve Noble | Steve Watts | The Fun Horns of Berlin

VOTP

Rating: ★★★★

It's yesterday once more… the Man from Lewisham may currently be enjoying an episode of silence but here's a world...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2017

Review of Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble: Hard Luck Soul

Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble: Hard Luck Soul

Charles Peterson | Dave Bennett | George Williams | Jesse Barrett | John Grady | Logan Rollins | Reynard Birtha | Richard Stokes | Richard Wise | Ricky Lewis

Aragorn

There’s not too much information available on this rarity but, as the title suggests, it purports to be a recording...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2011

Review of Mike Stern: Trip

Mike Stern: Trip

Bill Evans | Bob Franceschini | Dave Weckl | Dennis Chambers | Jim Beard | Lenny White | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker | Tom Kennedy | Victor Wooten

Heads Up

Rating: ★★★★

The story behind this album may be inspiring, but the music itself has to stand or fall on its own...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

Review of Various Artists: Northern Edition: Curated by Fiona Talkington

Various Artists: Northern Edition: Curated by Fiona Talkington

Alexi Tuomarila | Daniel Herksedal | Daniel Herskedal | Dave Stapleton | Drifter | Eyolf Dale | Marius Neset | Oddarrang | Per Oddvar Johansen | Phronesis

Edition EDN

Rating: ★★★★

This anthology of mainly Scandinavian jazz, or jazz from the north, curated by BBC Radio presenter Fiona Talkington, all taken...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016

Review of Album Interview: Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble: The Spirit of Trane

Album Interview: Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble: The Spirit of Trane

Enzo Zirilli | Frank Harrison | Gilad Atzmon | Yaron Stavi

Fanfare

Rating: ★★★★

Fifty years since his death, Coltrane's spirit lives on through the jazz works of many artists, not least Gilad Atzmon....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2017

Review of Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Dave Weckl | David Mann | Ed Mann | Eric Marienthal | Gary Novak | Jean-Luc Ponty | Jeff Lorber | Jimmy Haslip | Larry Kroonse | Lenny Castro

Heads Up

Rating: ★★

Apparently, Lorber's squillionth release was inspired by house music and indeed takes its title from Tony Wilson's Manc club of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

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