Paul Desmond: Easy Living
Enrico Rava | Gianluca Petrella | Roberto Gatto | Rosario Bonaccorso | Stefano Bollani
Although I asked Dave Brubeck if there was a gentleman's agreement between him and the late Paul Desmond whereby the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019
Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio
Dizzy Gillespie | Herb Ellis | Max Roach | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Stan Getz
As is the way with this label, it's this release's two extra tracks which feature Gillespie and Roach, otherwise it's...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019
Leon Spencer: Where I’m Coming From
Texas-born Spencer (1945–2012) is today little-known, but was in the early 1970s an in-demand jazz organist, playing on sessions for...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2024
John Coltrane Quartet: The 1962 Graz Concert (Complete Edition)
Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
Coltrane's winter 1962 tour has yielded a large trove of classic material – 17 November, Paris (Pablo); 19 November, Stockholm...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2015
Russ Johnson: Still Out To Lunch
Brad Jones | George Schuller | Myra Melford | Roy Nathanson | Russ Johnson
The 50th anniversary of Eric Dolphy's chef d'oeuvre, Out To Lunch – and more to the point, one of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969
Charlie Rouse | Nate | Paris Wright | Philly Joe Jones | Thelonious Monk
This was apparently the last concert of a six-week tour with an inexperienced rhythm-section. I remember being harsh in print...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2014
Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat: Worry Not
Angus Milne | Emma Johnson | Fergus Vickers | Richard Jones | Steve Hanley
Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat should get a prize for ‘Most Creative Band Name’. For now, they'll have to make do...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: September/2021
Ken Peplowski: Live at Mezzrow
Ken Peplowski | Martin Wind | Ted Rosenthal | Willie Jones III
Peplowski’s health broke down during the Covid period, knocking him for six physically and financially. Now, he’s back, not quite...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2024
John Coltrane Quartet: Complete 1963 Copenhagen Concert
Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
Another bootleg, no doubt – certainly not direct from the Danish Radio tapes, but from the broadcast that saw ‘Impressions’...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016
Tina Brooks: True Blue
Art Taylor | Duke Jordan | Freddie Hubbard | Sam Jones | Tina Brooks
Tina Brooks was the most enigmatic of all the Blue Note recording artists. This album, the only one issued under...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2022
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