Reviews
Harvey Mason: Changing Partners: Trios 2
Drummer-producer-composer-session royal Harvey Mason is known first and foremost as a funky fusioneer, thanks to his fine work with Herbie...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2025
The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces
Appropriately enough, when we have a newfound appreciation for Canadians, here’s a glimpse at those who didn’t go Stateside like...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2025
Carsten Dahl Ensemble: In the Middle of Nothing (To Palle Mikkelborg)
Released on the vintage Copenhagen-based label Storyville, Carsten Dahl’s new recording pays tribute to an influential figure in contemporary European...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2025
Peggy Lee: From The Vaults Vols. 1–4
This four-volume digital-only set collects together a mixture of rare and (from the LP era) well-known tracks by Peggy Lee,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2025
David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade
Francesca Cinelli | Luke Stewart | Russell Carter | Ekep Nkwelle | David Murray | Marta Sanchez
If ever there was a natural home for a jazz artist, then David Murray has found it with Impulse! Records....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2025
Ronny Graupe’s Szelest: Newfoundland Tristesse
Kit Downes | Lucia Cadotsch | Ronny Graupe
Two very different albums linked by Kit Downes, and highlighting the pianist’s remarkable versatility and responsiveness as collaborator.The acclaimed Enemy...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2025
The Action 4s
Conor Chaplin | Mathias Heise | Rasmus Sørensen | Anton Eger
When Danish harmonica player-pianist Mathias Heise was looking around for musicians that had the kind of contemporary electric jazz-informed, hyper-energetic...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2025
Duško Gojković: Doo’s Blues: The 1967 Belgian Radio Recordings
Fans of that splendid but under-recognised musician, the late Serbian trumpeter and composer Duško Gojković (1931-2023) will be delighted with...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2025
Neil Ardley: Harmony of the Spheres
There’s a lovely heft to lowering fresh vinyl to the deck. And especially so with this lovingly restored, high-quality pressing...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2025
Fiona Ross: Moments in My Notebook
With her eighth studio release – a double album of 21 moments – the London-based singer, pianist, composer and producer...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2025
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