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Miles Davis - album review

MILES DAVIS

(3 stars)13 Feb 2007

JAZZ (Rhino) A single disc selection from the final phase of the trumpeter’s career, drawing on the music he released after his switch from Columbia in 1985. It is billed as the Very Best of Miles Davis, but is well short of meeting that claim.

Preston Redd - album review

PRESTON REED

(3 stars)13 Feb 2007

JAZZ (Outer Bridge Records) Guitarist Preston Reed continues to elude precise genre classification in his his distinctive style of solo guitar music, but this ballad-oriented set is the closest he has come to a straight jazz outing. In his insert…

Jazz from Sweden

Various venues, Scotland-wide, Thu 8 Feb-Mon 19 Ma

29 Jan 2007

JAZZ The Swedes are finally coming, and if this five-week extravaganza of Swedish jazz is a little later than originally envisaged, it promises to be a memorable one. Assembly Direct and the Stockholm-based Rikskonserter first started to plot an…

Joe Zawinul - album review

Joe Zawinul

(5 stars)29 Jan 2007

JAZZ A feast for Weather Report devotees, and a treat for anyone who just likes top quality big band playing. Joe Zawinul celebrated the 25th anniversary of the break-up of Weather Report in glorious style in this concert with the excellent WDR Big…

National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland - album review

National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland

(3 stars)29 Jan 2007

JAZZ The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland’s associated Jazz Orchestra has been around now for a decade, and issued a CD featuring the music of pianist Nikki Yeoh seven years ago. This second disc features two suites by Scottish composers at…

Evan Christopher

15 Jan 2007

The untimely death of Kenny Davern last month has left a big void in the mainstream jazz clarinet roster, and Evan Christopher is one obvious candidate to fill that gap. He was born and raised in California, but has carved out a growing reputation as a…

Robert Mitchell and Omar Puente - album review

Robert Mitchell and Omar Puente

(3 stars)15 Jan 2007

JAZZ English pianist Robert Mitchell and Cuban violinist Omar Puente have worked together in bigger groups in the past, but this duo throws them into much closer relief. Both emerge with credit from the encounter in a disc that covers a lot of…

Tom Bancroft Six Pack, The

The Tom Bancroft Six Pack

15 Jan 2007

Hailed as one of the leading lights of the burgeoning Scottish jazz scene, drummer and composer Tom Bancroft has had more musical identities than the artists formerly known as Prince. Having scored gigantic hits as leader of Orchestra Interrupto and the…

Quinn

3 Jan 2007

A beguiling mixture of indie, jazz rhythms and electronica, Quinn are essentially Louise Quinn on guitar and vocals and Bal Cooke on drums and computer. Quinn’s vocals make even the most downbeat trip hop tracks enticing. The duo have just recorded…

Viktoria Tolstoy - album review

Viktoria Tolstoy

(3 stars)3 Jan 2007

JAZZ The Swedish singer’s sophisticated take on contemporary pop-inflected jazz has already paid dividends on her previous releases for ACT, made in association with Esbjörn Svensson. This time round, she has plundered her record collection for songs…

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