The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra: The Saga Of Padani
Chabot School Musicians | Montclair School Musicians | Thornhill School Musicians
Opening with the sound of a school bell, this collection of avant-jazz compositions performed by students from three different school...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2018
Tubby Hayes: Little Giant Steps
The only bad thing about this indispensable four-disc set is its title. For a start, the ‘Little Giant’ was Johnny...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2013
TG Collective: Release The Penguins
Holly Jones | Jamie Fekete | Percy Pursglove | Sam Slater | Tom Chapman
This follow-up to their 2005 album Who Ate All The Tapas? sees the original Trio Gitano expanding into a collective...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2012
Graham South Quartet: By And By
Graham South | Johnny Hunter | Richard Jones | Seth Bennett
Trumpeter Graham South is best known as a soloist with Manchester's Beats & Pieces Big Band, but he's also an...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020
Back Door: Back Door/8th Street Nights/Another Fine Mess
Like a wintry blast from their Yorkshire moors lair where much of their music coalesced, Back Door arrived in 1972,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015
Andreas Varady: The Quest
Adrian Varady | Andreas Varady | Benito Gonzalez | Ondrej Bandi | Radovan Tariska
Andreas Varady made his breakthrough at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2012, when Quincy Jones signed him to his management...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018
Nicolas Meier: Infinity
Adam Cruz | Ben Street | Charles Altura | Jonathan Blake | Mark Turner | Tom Harrell
You know what you're going to get with Nic Meier, and, since his time alongside Jeff Beck, he's grown in...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2019
Wes Montgomery: The Complete Montgomery Brothers Quartet Studio Sessions
Without the presence of Wes, The Montgomery Brothers could have been seen as a crossbreed that included basic elements of...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2018
Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore: Stan's Hat Flapping In the Wind
Cooper-Moore | Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez | Lisa Sokolov
Like many significant musicians, William Parker conceives of work to which he does not have to make a direct contribution....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2016
Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
This outstanding 2CD set, the first of Fitzgerald's Song Book series, should be at the top of any aspiring jazz...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2018
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