Ray Barretto: Eye of the Beholder/Can You Feel It

Guitar-heavy funk-influenced latin jazz with Barretto's congas consistently grooving in a variety of settings, amid vocal and instrumental cameos from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Tubby Hayes and the Downbeat Big Band: Blues at the Manor 1959-1960

Alan Branscombe | Jeff Clyne | Jimmy Deuchar | Johnny Scott | Keith Christie | Phil Seaman | Ronnie Scott | Terry Shannon | Tubby Hayes | Victor Feldman

The big band represents a continuing theme in Tubby Hayes discography. At the age of 20 he was recording as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015

Miguel Zenón: Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera

Hans Glawischnig | Henry Cole | Luis Perdomo | Miguel Zenón

The Miguel Zenón quartet on his 12th recording as leader with Venezuelan pianist Luis Perdomo and bassist Hans Glawischnig goes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Samo Salamon Bassless Trio: Unity

John Hollenbeck | Julian Argüelles | Samo Salamon

‘Unity’ is a good jazz word, whether you hear echoes in it of Larry Young’s increasingly freeform 1966 release of...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2016

Barney Kessel: Kessel/Jazz: Contemporary Latin Rhythms

Alton Hendrickson | Barney Kessel | Bill Pitman | Conte Candoli | Edward Talamantes | Emil Richards | Francisco Aguabella | Frank Capp | Keith Mitchell | Paul Horn

Just another chop-'em-out-cheap (half) day at the office for Kessel and friends on 10 selections all of which, save for...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2015

Albert Ayler: New Grass

Albert Ayler

In 1968, in a valiant attempt to promote his forthcoming ‘music is the healing force of the universe’ message to...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2020

David Gordon Tiio: Alexander Scriabin's Ragtime Band

What if Spotify existed a century ago and Russian composer Scriabin was listening to Jelly Roll Morton, Debussy and Irving...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Shelly Manne & His Men: The Complete Live At The Blackhawk

Joe Gordon | Monty Budwig | Richie Kamuca | Shelly Manne | Victor Feldman

Shelly Manne's Men were to the West Coast what Art Blakey's Messengers were to the East Coast – the toughest...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2014

Dexter Gordon: The Resurgence Of Dexter Gordon: From Los Angeles to New York

Al Harewood | Charles Green | Dexter Gordon | Dolo Coker | Freddy Hubbard | George Tucker | Horace Parlan | Kenny Drew | Laurence Marable | Martin Banks

The three albums that make up this 2CD compilation capture Dexter Gordon confidently claiming his place in the tenor sax...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2018

Ivo Perelman: The Foreign Legion

Gerald Cleaver | Ivo Perelman | Matt Shipp

Family Ties, Brazilian saxophonist Perelman's previous release, presented a piano-less trio and now this session unveils a bass-less one. It's...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012