Review of Volker Kriegel: Spectrum

Volker Kriegel: Spectrum

Hiromi

Telarc

Rating: ★★★

Recorded when he was just 27-years-old and enjoying considerable crossover success as a member of the Dave Pike Set, German...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Champian Fulton Trio: Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared

Champian Fulton Trio: Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared

Carmen Bradford | Champian Fulton | Charles Ruggiero | Fukushi Tainaka | Gretje Angell | Jane Monheit | Mike Gurrola | Neal Miner | Olivia Chindamo | Vanessa Perea

Jazz at the Ballroom

Rating: ★★★★

Bookended by deeply swinging instrumental takes on two much beloved 1930s standards, ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’ and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2024

Review of Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis: Somethin' Else

Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis: Somethin' Else

Art Blakey | Cannonball Adderley | Hank Jones | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Sam Jones | Sonny Stitt | Wynton Kelly

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

With sound as good (though slightly less bass-heavy) as the official RVG/Blue Note reissue, this has an extra live Newport...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2019

Review of Marquis Hill: The Way We Play

Marquis Hill: The Way We Play

Christie Dashiell | Christopher McBride | Harold Green III | Joshua Ramos | Juan Pastor | Justin ‘Justefan’ Thomas | Makay McCraven | Marquis Hill | Meagan McNeal | Vincent Gardiner

Concord Jazz

Rating: ★★★

If you skip the opening voiceover band introductory track, this turns out to be an interesting and pleasurable album featuring...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2016

Review of Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice

Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice

Calvin Turner | Danny Sadownick | featuring The Dirty Dozen Horns | Jon Cleary | Nigel Hall | Shane Theriot | Terence Higgins

FHQ

Rating: ★★★

A long time part of Bonnie Raitt's band, and a fine contributor to Rickie Lee Jones’ current and superb album,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015

Review of Duke Ellington: Berlin 1959

Duke Ellington: Berlin 1959

Booty Wood | Britt Woodman | Cat Anderson | Clark Terry | Duke Ellington | Fats Ford | Harry Carney | Jimmy Hamilton | Jimmy Johnson | Jimmy Woode

Storyville

Rating: ★★★

In one sense, this is merely a typical Ellington concert, therefore with some moments of interest and others you’ve heard...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2021

Review of Ferit Odman: Dameronia With Strings

Ferit Odman: Dameronia With Strings

Danny Grissett | David O’Rourke | Ferit Odman | Peter Washington | Terell Stafford

Equinox

Rating: ★★★★

Thirty-four-year-old Odman is a new name to me, but this stalwart of the Turkish scene already has two previous CDs...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016

Review of Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind

Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind

Joan Mar Sauqué

The Changes

Rating: ★★★

The trumpet-guitar-bass line-up inevitably recalls the Chet Baker trios of his later years, and the 25-year-old Sauqué looks recognisably soulful...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2021

Review of John Coltrane: European Tour 1962

John Coltrane: European Tour 1962

Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★★

More live Coltrane – yawn! Sorry, that's sacrilege, I know. And, in any case, it turns out that it's not...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2017

Review of James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration

James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration

Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis

Editor's Choice

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

In the third and final section of ‘Triptych’, the highlight of this outstanding album James Brandon Lewis’ quartet engages in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024

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