Enrico Rava Fearless Five with Joe Lovano – Corners
Truly a magnificent album from a new group that have in a short time together created a musical...
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Sean Mason – State of the Art
Mason knows how to keep a tune on its toes. Taylor Christian Records Sean Mason – piano;...
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Jocelyn Gould – So Delighted
It’s hard not to smile when Gould, Paterson and Ragnelli get going. LaReserve Records Jocelyn...
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Burgamy-Hancock New Originators – Down in Honky Tonk Town
Put this on loud enough to bother the neighbors. Turtle Bay Records COLIN HANCOCK cornet HUNTER...
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Peter Brendler – And Then, Nothing
Brendler has put together a team that knows when to run with the ball and when to pass it along....
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TINGO – Medvind Modvind
The wind in Medvind Modvind can push us forward, hold us back, or leave us to drift. TINGO finds...
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Jan Garbarek – Rites
All in all, a diverse and welcome set that can be seen to neatly sum up Garbarek’s career to date....
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Ruta Di – Onwards & Upwards
Quite a listening experience where a categorisation of “vocal jazz” would simply not do it justice...
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Sarah Heneghan – Tiny Sacred Gaps
The piano gets louder, and electronics roll in, almost orchestral in an otherworldly sort of way....
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Brand X – Theory of Nothing
Brand X showed that British bands and British musicians can play jazz-rock fusion as well as...
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Jeff Cosgrove with Todd Neufeld, John Hébert – Head, Heart or Hands
This is a bold, adventurous release that deserves a wide audience Jeff Cosgrove (drums); Todd...
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Julieta Eugenio – Mi Boathouse
Mi Boathouse is full of small shifts—who leads, who falls back, which sound suddenly comes forward...
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Reza Khan – Shadow Dancers
What stands out is the guitar and what Khan does with it Painted Media LLC Reza Khan – guitars,...
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Sarah Heneghan – Tiny Sacred Gaps
A hugely enjoyable album, rich in atmosphere and melody that connects with emotional resonance...
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Phil Haynes’ 2 Horns & What? – AvAnt MODerN and JAzZ nOW
Two horns, one drummer. By the end, the answer is: plenty. Corner Store Jazz AvAnt MODerN: Nathan...
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Miles Okazaki – Boomtown
Okazaki never loses his grip on the melodies. They may get bent, crowded and pushed around, but...
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Mambo Legends Orchestra – No Hay Que Hablar ‘Nuff Said!’
They’ve spent decades playing this music with the masters who created it. ’Nuff said! Truth...
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Blåly – Resonans
Resonans is peaceful music, but there’s plenty happening inside it; three musicians have...
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Paula Jeanine Bennett & Richard X Bennett – Amaryllis 2
An immersive musical artwork that will send you on lines of personal discovery wrapped in poetry,...
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Terje Gewelt – The Old Tree
Terje Gewelt’s continuing journey to explore new colours in his playing and composing continue to...
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Ray Russell – Dangerous Bends
what he says on this splendid album makes for a very enjoyable listen. Just don’t leave it another...
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Classic Album Reviews
Stan Getz / Kenny Barron – People Time
The Getz interpretation of Charlie Haden’s ‘First Song’ is one of the most beautiful pieces...
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Jessica Williams – Ain’t Misbehavin’
Candid CCD 79763 Jessica Williams (piano) Recorded 10th March 1996 El Salvador / Alone Together /...
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Wynton Marsalis – Black Codes (From the Underground)
Marsalis is acutely aware of the past; he reveres the innovators who have defined jazz. Columbia...
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Stan Tracey Quartet – The Return of Captain Adventure
‘The Return of Captain Adventure’ could be Tracey’s finest ‘live’ album. TENTOTEN TTTCDS753 Art...
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Gil Evans Orchestra – Out Of The Cool
The elegant, dark, stark, ambiguous terrain that Gil Evans created and explored is unique. Impulse...
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Mike Osborne Trio – All Night Long: The Willisau Concert
‘Listening to this album is an experience that has few parallels.’ Ogun OGCD 029 Mike Osborne...
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Michael Gibbs
`A new voice had entered UK jazz.’ Decca Deram 844907-2 Collective Personnel: Acoustic Guitar,...
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Duke Ellington – The Queen’s Suite
Music that is unique because it concentrates on the ensemble. PABLO OJCCD-446-2 Duke Ellington...
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John McLaughlin – Extrapolation
Extrapolation is one of the finest jazz records ever made in Europe Polydor 8415982 John...
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Charles Mingus – Antibes 1960
essential, enthralling, blistering, electric, unparalleled intensity, fiery. Atlantic Records...
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Art Tatum – 20th Century Piano Genius
Tatum should be viewed as a highly experimental artist. Verve (2 CDs) 531 763-2 Art Tatum (piano)...
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The Julius Wechter Quartet & Quintet 1956-1957 Jazz: West and Intro Sessions
Besides the great jazz vibes from Julius Wechter this is another example of Fresh Sound Records...
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Miles Davis – The Lost Septet
Sleepy Night Records SNRCD020 (double album) Miles Davis (tpt), Gary Bartz (alt,sop) Keith Jarrett...
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Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays – As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
ECM RECORDS ECM 1190 1981 Pat Metheny (electric & acoustic six & twelve string guitars,...
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Duke Ellington – The Complete Newport 1956 Concert
Ray Nance, Clark Terry,William “Cat” Anderson, John Willie Cook – trumpets; Quentin Jackson, John...
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Oscar Peterson – On A Clear Day: Oscar Peterson Trio Live in Zurich 1971
There is exhilaration as he takes off on a prestissimo, exuberant, ski run of notes Mack Avenue...
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Weather Report – Live In London
Angel Air Records SJPCD622 Joe Zawinul (keys), Wayne Shorter (tnr, sop), Victor Bailey (bs), Mino...
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Miles Davis – Water Babies
CBS 81741 Released November 1976 Recorded June 1967 and November 1968 Side A, Water Babies 5m 06s,...
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Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’
Blue Note Records 7243 4 95327 2 4 Original Album Recording January 5th 1958 Art Farmer (trumpet),...
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Miles Davis Septet – Live in Poland 1983
Domino Records 891235 Miles Davis, trumpet and keyboards on all tracks, plus: CD 1 [1-7] Bill...
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Louis Armstrong – The Great 1956 Chicago Concert
Complete Edition (2 CDs) LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ALL STARS: LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet &...
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