Miles Davis: Rubberband

Ledisi | Lalah Hathaway | Medina Johnson | Michael Paulo | Mike Stern | Miles Davis | Randy Hall

A ‘new old’ set, or the more fashionable term of ‘lost’ album? Neither one is entirely appropriate for this uneven...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Barnes/O’Higgins & The Sax Section: Oh Gee!

Adam King | Alan Barnes | Dave O’Higgins | Judith O’Higgins | Karen Sharp | Robin Aspland | Sam Mayne | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

The onrush of Barnes on record continues, as does the flow of releases on his Woodville label. Having heard this...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2016

Samo Salamon Bassless Quartet: 2Alto

A Slovenian ambient jazz-rock guitarist with influences ranging from Tim Berne to Robert Fripp composes imaginatively here for a quartet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Eugenia Choe: Verdant Dream

The young pianist-composer's intimately impressionistic, pastoral approach to contemporary piano-trio jazz (with support from bassist Danny Wheeler and drummer Alex...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019

Kenny Dorham: Four Classic Albums: This Is The Moment/Quiet Kenny/Inta Somethin'/Matador

Art Taylor | Bobby Timmons | Cedar Walton | Charlie Persip | Curtis Fuller | G.T. Hogan | J.C. Moses | Jackie McLean | Kenny Dorham | Leroy Vinnegar

Tough bootin’ tenor sax players and blues-wailin’ guitarists may immediately be associated with Texas, but it should be remembered that...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013

Booker Ervin: The Book Cooks

The Verse label continues its systematic reissue of the Bethlehem catalogue with this stellar sextet featuring Zoot Sims and Tommy...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Charlie Parker: Complete Savoy Masters

Al Haig | Al Hall | Argonne Thornton | Bam Brown | Bud Powell | Charlie Parker | Clyde Bernhardt | Clyde Hart | Cozy Cole | Curly Russell

A fitting companion to the Dials reviewed above, this Savoy set has marginally fewer tracks done under the leadership of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2015

Dexter Gordon: Blows Hot and Cool

The two sessions Dex made in 1955 fill the narcotic-fuelled gap between his 1940s productivity and his return in the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2011

Tubby Hayes: Tubby The Tenor/Tubby's Back In Town/Boston ‘64

Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Horace Parlan | James Moody | Joe Cocuzzo | John Neves | Louis Hayes | Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Tubby Hayes continues to impress today in much the same way he did way back when these remarkable recordings were...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Dave Liebman/Adam Rudolph/Hamid Drake: Chi

Adam Rudolph | Dave Liebman | Hamid Drake

Could it be that Dave Liebman has finally found a record label he can call home? Certainly the creative freedom...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019