Reviews

Review of Harvey Mason: Changing Partners: Trios 2

Harvey Mason: Changing Partners: Trios 2

Gonzalo Rubalcaba | James Genus | Buster Williams | Orlando le Fleming | Jacky Terrasson | Harvey Mason | Joey Calderazzo | Thomas Fonnesbæk | Stanley Clarke | Orlando Le Fleming

Evosound

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces

The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces

Al Johnson | Stew Barnett | Dick Forrest | Doug Kent | Chris Gage | Dick Grove | Donnie Clark | Dave Quarin | Bobby Hales | Arnie Chycoski

Reel to Real

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

Review of Carsten Dahl Ensemble: In the Middle of Nothing (To Palle Mikkelborg)

Carsten Dahl Ensemble: In the Middle of Nothing (To Palle Mikkelborg)

Poul Høxbro | Jonathan Slaatto | Sanna Ripatti | Nils Bo Davidsen | Fredrik Lundin | Mads Kjøller Henningsen | Carsten Dahl | Helen Davies | Anne Sofie Abildskov Dahl | Matthew Jones

Storyville Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Peggy Lee: From The Vaults Vols. 1–4

Peggy Lee: From The Vaults Vols. 1–4

Armando Peraza | Peggy Lee | Roy Haynes | Jimmy Bond | Guadalajera Boys | Frank De Vol | Jud Conlon | Mel Tormé | Billy May | Paul Weston

Universal/Capitol

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade

David Murray Quartet: Birdly Serenade

Francesca Cinelli | Luke Stewart | Russell Carter | Ekep Nkwelle | David Murray | Marta Sanchez

Editor's Choice

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Ronny Graupe’s Szelest: Newfoundland Tristesse

Ronny Graupe’s Szelest: Newfoundland Tristesse

Kit Downes | Lucia Cadotsch | Ronny Graupe

BMC Records

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

Review of The Action 4s

The Action 4s

Conor Chaplin | Mathias Heise | Rasmus Sørensen | Anton Eger

April Records

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

Review of Duško Gojković: Doo’s Blues: The 1967 Belgian Radio Recordings

Duško Gojković: Doo’s Blues: The 1967 Belgian Radio Recordings

Al Jones | Jimmy Woode | Bent Jædig | Roger Vanhaverbeke | Scott Bradford | Fats Sadi | Duško Gojković | BRT Jazzorkest | Jean Fanis

SDBAN

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

Review of Neil Ardley: Harmony of the Spheres

Neil Ardley: Harmony of the Spheres

Richard Burgess | Ian Carr | Tony Coe | John Martyn | Neil Ardley | Pepi Lemer | Geoff Castle | Norma Winstone | Trevor Tomkins | Barbara Thompson

Editor's Choice

Analogue October Records/Decca

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Fiona Ross: Moments in My Notebook

Fiona Ross: Moments in My Notebook

guests Laura Impallomeni | Dave Boa | Simon Todd | Charlotte Keeffe | Lorem Hignall | Fiona Ross | Marley Drummond | Gibbi Bettini | Migdalia van Der Hoven | Derek Daley

Fiona Ross Music/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

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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