Reviews
Frank Sinatra: Platinum
Despite the excellent 78s and albums Frank Sinatra made for Columbia (before) and Reprise (after), the vocalist’s tenure with Capitol...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly: Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings
Prior to the release of this remarkable discovery of 17 unissued 1965 Half Note recordings by Wes Montgomery and the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Ed Motta: Behind the Tea Chronicles
In his native Brazil, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Ed Motta is known as a rock and soul artist, but with...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat: Northern Flame
Richard Jones | Steve Hanley | Angus Milne | Emma Johnson | Fergus Vickers
More evidence, if any were needed, of the vitality of the Northern scene, and the distinctive voices emerging from it....
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Billy Mohler: Ultraviolet
Nate Wood | Shane Endsley | Billy Mohler | Chris Speed
The bassist Billy Mohler’s jazz chops are not in dispute, having initially graduated from Berklee and the Thelonious Monk Institute....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Ancient Infinity Orchestra: River of Light
Taping at the height of summer and basking in the West Riding sun between takes, bassist Ozzy Moysey’s 14-piece band...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Cal Tjader: Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967
As he says in his note for this album, Gary Burton rated Cal Tjader as one of the four great...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Nick Walters: Marine Moods
Kudjovi Kush | Nim Sadot | Nick Walters | Laurie Lowe | Rebecca Nash | Tenderlonious
Does Nick Walters ever break sweat? Certainly when seen live in any of his eclectic range of projects he is...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Stacey Kent: Summer Me, Winter Me
Summer Me, Winter Me sees Kent weaving her supremely subtle storytelling through a handpicked selection of fan requests which harmoniously...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Steve Lehman/Orchestre National De Jazz: Ex Machina
Steve Lehman | Jonathan Finlayson | Chris Dingman | Frederic Maurin
Having established himself as one of the 2000s' pivotal composer-improvisers with a series of small group recordings, American alto saxophonist...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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