Review of David Sanborn: Sanborn

David Sanborn: Sanborn

Al Anderson | Art Baron | Bill Frisell | Charlie Haden | Dave Tronzo | David Sanborn | Don Alias | Greg Cohen | Herb Bushler | Hiram Bullock

Elektra

Rating: ★★★★

Two slices of Sanborn from very different eras. The eponymous recording (his second release) finds the young gun fresh and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Review of Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live

Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live

Alan Wakeman | Andy Dore | Billy Bottle | Coach York | Dave Holdsworth | Gary Bayley | Ian Wellens | Jesse Molins | Joe Carnell | Kate Westbrook

ASCD

Rating: ★★★★

It shouldn’t be allowed. At an age when they should be revelling in their Freedom Passes, the Westbrooks refuse to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Review of Bill Evans: The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans

Bill Evans: The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans

Art Farmer | Bill Evans | Bill Potts | Bob Brookmeyer | Cannonball Adderley | Charles Mingus | Chet Baker | Chuck Israels | Dave Pike | Dick Garcia

él Records

Rating: ★★★★

As if it was necessary to underline the individuality, but also the versatility, of the young Evans, here is a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2017

Review of Webster Wraight Ensemble: No Lucky Days

Webster Wraight Ensemble: No Lucky Days

Adam Linsley | Andrew Lofthouse | Ashley Horton | Brian Wilson | Charles Webster | Chris Cole | Dave O'Higgins | David Roberts | Emilie Chick | Geoff Pearson

Miso/Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

A collaboration between an electronic dance producer/drummer Charles Webster and Matthew Herbert big band arranger Peter Wraight brings together a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Review of Loose Tubes: Arriving

Loose Tubes: Arriving

Ashley Slater | Chris Batchelor | Dai Pritchard | Dave Powell | Django Bates | Eddie Parker | Iain Ballamy | John Eacott | John Harborne | John Parricelli

Lost Marble

Rating: ★★★★

Here's the highly-anticipated third and final instalment in the ‘live’ trilogy of recordings from Loose Tubes' farewell residency at Ronnie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Review of Neil Ardley: A Symphony Of Amaranths

Neil Ardley: A Symphony Of Amaranths

Alan Branscombe | Barbara Thompson | Chris Laurence | Dave Gelly | David Snell | Derek Wadsworth | Derek Watkins | Dick Hart | Dick Heckstall-Smith | Don Rendell

Dusk Fire

Rating: ★★★★

Sometimes a recording is special not for its content but for what it signifies. This welcome, long-awaited first CD release...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013

Review of Fats Waller: All the Hits and More 1922-1943

Fats Waller: All the Hits and More 1922-1943

Al Casey | Arnold Boling | Arthur Trappier | Ben Whitted | Bill Coleman | Billy Taylor | Bob Carroll | Bobby Williams | Cedric Wallace | Charlie Turner

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

If you’ve never had access to a collection of Fats Waller’s work, both as a solo pianist and as the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2024

Review of Various Artists: Jazz from America on Disques Vogue

Various Artists: Jazz from America on Disques Vogue

Art Tatum | Billy Strayhorn | Bud Powell | Charlie Christian | Charlie Parker | Chet Baker | Dave Brubeck | Earl Bostic | Erroll Garner | Gerry Mulligan

Sony Legacy

Rating: ★★★

This wide-ranging curio goes back to the early days of microgroove, via a famous French label (though most of the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016

Review of John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: All Can Work

John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: All Can Work

Alan Ferber | Anna Webber | Ben Kono | Bohdan Hilash | Chris Tordini | Dan Willis | Dave Ballou | Jacob Garchik | JC Sanford | Jeff Nelson

New Amsterdam

Rating: ★★★★

Two Grammy-nominated releases – A Blessing in 2006 and Eternal Interlude in 2009 – is not bad going for a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Review of The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: The BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2 & Volume 3

The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: The BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2 & Volume 3

Alan Branscombe | Alex Leslie | Art Ellefson | Bob Carson | Dankworth | Danny Elwood | Danny Moss | Dave Lindup | Derek Smith | Derrick Abbott

Vocalion

Rating: ★★★★

Volume One in this series of transcription discoveries was reviewed in our May 2015 issue. As before, these two further...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2016

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