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Review of Sarah L King: Fire Horse

Sarah L King: Fire Horse

Jeremy Brown | Claire Martin | Chris Traves | Sarah L King | Laurence Cottle | Ian Shaw | James McMillan | Ian Thomas | Jim Watson

Peccadillo/ECN Music

Rating: ★★★★

Expertly produced by Claire Martin and beautifully recorded by Chris Traves at Soup To Nuts Studios, London, and in part...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2024

Review of Otis Sandsjö: Y-OTIS TRE

Otis Sandsjö: Y-OTIS TRE

Petter Eldh | Tilo Weber | Dan Nicholls | Otis Sandsjö | Jamie Peet | Lukas König | Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø | Kathrin Pechlof

We Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist Otis Sandsjö, fellow Swede (and bass player) Petter Eldh and UK keyboard player Dan Nicholls make up the core...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: April/2024

Review of Nye Banfield: Trails And Traces

Nye Banfield: Trails And Traces

Hamish Nockles-Moore | Nye Banfield | Mark Kavuma | Ewan Moore | Wilf Diamond | Rupert Cox

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Nye Banfield is a young London-based tenor player with a big sound - full voiced and declamatory with an attractive...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2024

Review of The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer: Groove Street

The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer: Groove Street

Jared Gold | McClenty Hunter | Bob Mintzer | Dave Stryker

Strikezone

Rating: ★★★

Mintzer and Stryker may sound like a pair of bully dogs, but they are long time pals, with Stryker first...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024

Review of Kjetil Mulelid: Agoja

Kjetil Mulelid: Agoja

Selma French | Arve Henriksen | Bárður Reinert Poulsen | Mathias Eick | Martin Myhre Olsen | Kjetil Mulelid | Andreas Winther | Sasha Berliner | Lars Horntveth | Lyder Røed

Editor's Choice

Odin

Rating: ★★★★

Norway’s jazz scene often sits happily out on its own limb – the native sound palette swirling with folkloric flourishes...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: April/2024

Review of Yussef Dayes: Live From Malibu

Yussef Dayes: Live From Malibu

Venna | Rocco Palladino | Yussef Dayes | Alexander Bourt | Elijah Fox

Brownswood Recordings/Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

Few drummers hit as fast, and with such delicate sting at so fierce a pace, as the London-based Yussef Dayes...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2024

Review of Cab Calloway: The Hi-De-Ho Man 1930-1952

Cab Calloway: The Hi-De-Ho Man 1930-1952

Quentin Jackson | Dizzy Gillespie | Jimmy Smith | Cab Calloway | Mouse Randolph | DePriest Wheeler | Fred Robinson | Eddie Barefield | Russell Smith | Alexander Smallens

Retrospective

Rating: ★★★★

Two years after the Acrobat Calloway collection (reviewed in Jazzwise, July 2022), along comes another 2-CD set, that somehow squeezes...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2024

Review of Joe Webb: Collblanc

Joe Webb: Collblanc

Joe Webb | Will Sach | Sam Jesson

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

A quick Google reveals that Collblanc is a suburb of Barcelona: qué significa? No importa: the main point of interest...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2024

Review of The Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Swings the Blues

The Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Swings the Blues

Bobby Floyd | Robert Boone | Ledisi | Jamie Davis | Castro ‘Mr. Sipp’ Coleman | George Benson | Brandon Lee | Will Mathews | Doug Miller | Isrea Butler

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

CBO Band Director Scotty Barnhart made the thank-you speech when the Blues Foundation’s inducted Count Basie into their Blues Hall...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024

Review of Jowee BASH Omicil: Spiritual Healing Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite

Jowee BASH Omicil: Spiritual Healing Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite

Jowee BASH Omicil | Yoann Danier | Jenda Manga | Jonathan Jurion | Randy KerBer | Arnaud Dolmen

Bash! Village

Rating: ★★★★

Some 10 years ago Jowee Omicil was being touted as the next big thing in Caribbean jazz. But the buzz...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024

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