Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert learned about modal jazz, French guitarist Christian Escoudé and how rhythm reading could be improved ...
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert enjoyed a stylistically comprehensive record in which the reinvented guitarist sounded as if he'd been ’shedding Scofield-style polytonality ...
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert heard more of the dripping impressionism and quiet drama that typified Erskine's work for ECM ...
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert welcomed the reissue of Mike Gibbs' vibrant amalgam of big-band, funk and subtle dissonance ...
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert reviewed the live sequel to guitarist Krantz's groundbreaking 1993 album Long To Be Loose ...
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert found most of the drummer's new trio record admirably spiritual if rather long-winded ...
Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert said it was good to have Scofield back in groove mode, albeit minus the harmonic spice of earlier years ...
Forty years ago, Simon Adams thought songbook standards too lightweight for Jarrett to shine and hoped for a record of Trane ...
Forty years ago, an unnamed reviewer (perhaps David Badham) was impressed by Fayyaz Virji and the 14-year-old Nigel Hitchcock ...
Forty years ago, David Badham was gripped by the sheer power of Charlie Watts' three-drummer, 30-piece big band ...
Feebles, Fables & Ferns The ECM record label still surprises and delights, digging out – I assume from Fred Hersch’s archive ...
Fifty years ago, Dave Gelly noted that even Bobby Wellins' most casual ideas were placed with sly cunning in relation to the ...
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