Frank Wess: Magic 101

The ex-Basie reedsman is of a generation that’s sadly now an endangered species. He was 89 in 2011 when this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Alexander Stewart: I Thought About You

Alexander Stewart | Andy Chapman | Rob Anstey | Rob Barron | Tommy Emmerton

Released in 2011, Alexander Stewart's debut album All Or Nothing At All revealed a singer with omniverous taste. Stewart's wide-ranging...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2017

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: Now Hear Our Meanin' – The Complete 1963 Recordings

Åke Persson | Benny Bailey | Billy Mitchell | Carl Drevo | Derek Humble | Erich Kleinschuster | Fats Sadi | Francy Boland | Idrees Sulieman | Jimmy Deuchar

Although the CD liner notes do not say, this collection brings together all the material released on the KCFBBB's second...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Kanin Allyson: Many a New Day

Allyson is an all American mainstream jazz singer of a classy pedigree, a quality hardly lacking in her trio of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell: All Night Long

Art Taylor | Donald Byrd | Doug Watkins | Frank Foster | Hank Mobley | Jerome Richardson | Kenny Burrell | Mal Waldron | Tommy Flanagan

Though not yet an innovator, Donald Byrd accurately reflected the mood of the time during which these recordings took place....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Kenny Shanker: Beautiful Things

Alto saxophonist Shanker, a burning bebopper and fat-toned balladeer, shows an edginess in his sound too in a session far...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2021

Osian Roberts: Bop Viveur

Jeremy Brown | Matt Fishwick | Osian Roberts | Rob Barron

By naming their jointly-founded label as they did, Roberts and the Fishwick brothers made clear their creative intentions and haven’t...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024

Kenny Warren Quartet: Thank You For Coming To Life

JP Schlegelmilch | Kenny Warren | Noah Garabedian | Satoshi Takeishi

Colorado-born, New York-based Warren clearly has a lot more going for him than his distinguished initials. As well as indulging...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2017

Kenny Burrell Trio: A Night at the Vanguard

Burrell | Richard Davis | Roy Haynes

An underground favourite for many years, this laid-back live set from New York's Village Vanguard didn't set the jazz world...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2012

Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth Orchestra: Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)

Alan Branscombe | Alf Reece | Bob Cornford | Chris Pyne | Dave Holland | Derek Watkins | Dick Hart | Henry Lowther | Henry Shaw | John McLaughlin

Kenny Wheeler, the inimitable Canadian trumpet maestro and quiet legend of post-1960s jazz composition, had been playing all kinds of...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021