Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Ole Morten Vågan: Happy Endings
The size of the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra varies from project to project, from a marching band able to reel off...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Benjamin Taubkin and Adriano Adewale: The Vortex Sessions
Adriano Adewale | Benjamin Taubkin
Having performed together briefly at Dalston's Vortex in 2009, this Brazilian pianist and percussionist decided to take it further and...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013
Joey Alexander : Origin
Chris Potter | Gilad Hekselman | Joey Alexander | Kendrick Scott | Larry Grenadier
Even when he was still in his early teens, Joey Alexander’s touch was delicate and mature, and he played with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022
Cannonball Adderley Sextet: Complete Live In Tokyo 1963
Cannonball Adderley | Joe Zawinul | Louis Hayes | Nat Adderley | Sam Jones | Yusef Lateef
Though his original two horns/three rhythm set-up served him well, Cannonball learned from his tour of duty with Miles that...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2015
Allan Holdsworth: Frankfurt '86
The candour is refreshing, as you'd expect from a Yorkshireman: “…this was the total anthesis of a great gig. Just...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021
John Coltrane and Friends: Sideman: Trane's Blue Note Sessions
Representing a sensible way of mining the archive and sticking to tried and tested names this compilation contains every note...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Madwort's Menagerie
Adam Spiers | Alex Bonney | Cath Roberts | Julie Kjær | Tim Fairhall | Tom Ward
Overhearing a big band's odd fragmentation in rehearsal suggested the potential of an unconventional ensemble to Tom Ward. Splicing elements...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2019
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: The Conny Plank Session
The billing sounds highly significant, but the circumstances are more mundane. Plank, subsequently an influential producer through the likes of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015
QOW Trio
Eddie Myer | Riley Stone-Lonergan | Spike Wells
This post-bop, pre-lockdown recording is comforting and vivid, capturing three players in a resonant room loving their work. Combining three...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2021
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Grant Green: Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry's
Once again, hats off to Resonance for their diligent archival research that reaches into places other album researchers fail to...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018
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