Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music

Curtis Fuller | John Coltrane | Kenny Drew | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones | Roland Alexander

The first six titles were originally released on a small LA label called Jazz West, which I remember being very...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2011

Ulf Wakenius: Vagabond

Eric Wakenius | Lars Danielsson | Michael Dahlvid | Nguyên Lê | Ulf Wakenius | Vincent Peirani | Youn Sun Nah

Hats off to guitarist Ulf Wakenius for courageously forging a new musical identity and doing so with more success than...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: March/2012

Sonny Clark: The Art Of The Trio

George Duvivier | Jymie Merritt | Max Roach | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sonny Clark

Before his tragically early demise in 1963, Clark was mainly known for his ensemble work and especially for small-group sets...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015

The Saskatchewan All-Star Big Band: Saskatchewan Suite

Composer-keyboardist Fred Stride's orchestral suite pays tribute to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and fittingly conjures up a pastoral jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Charlie Parker: Bird of Paradise – Best of the Dial Masters

Arv Garrison | Barney Kessel | Bob Kesterson | Charlie Parker | Dodo Marmarosa | Don Lamond | Duke Jordan | Erroll Garner | Harold West | Howard McGhee

Who can't already know this music – 18 performances from Parker's Dial discography which include such bop anthems as ‘Moose...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2020

Marilyn Mazur: Shamania

Anna Lund | Ellen Andrea Wang | Hildegun Olseth | Josefine Cronholm | Lis Wassberg | Lisbeth Diers | Lotte Anker | Makiko Hirabayashi | Marilyn Mazur | Sissel Vera Petterson

Mazur’s 10-piece band is an invigorating embodiment of the ideal of the transnational improvising ensemble, with its all female line-up...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2019

Terry Gibbs: Live at the Summit, Hollywood

The vibes player with his full-scale big band in 1961 and two live sets from the West Coast club: great...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2013

Beady Belle: On My Own

Anja Martime Mørk | Audun Sandvik | Beady Belle | Bugge Wesseltoft | Fran Cathcart | Gregory Hutchinson | Joshua Redman | Mathias Eick | Reuben Rogers | Torun Eriksen

Beady Belle – a collaboration between vocalist Beate Lech and bassist and future husband Marius Reksjø – made their Jazzland...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Taylor Ho Bynum: The Temp

Alyssa Gao | Amy Norton | Anaïse Boucher-Browning | Andra Pantelimon | Anna Kolln | Armond Dorsey | Betty Kim | Bill Lowe | Brandon Chen | Bryan Robinson

‘Itch, dash, suffer, cry, dash,’ voices cry amidst and above the clashing, tumultuous opening sounds of this ‘secular oratorio’ by...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2021

Bobby Wellins Quartet: Birds of Brazil

Bobby Wellins | Chris Karan | Delme String Quartet | Ken Baldock | Kenny Wheeler | Pete Jacobsen | Spike Wells | Tony Coe

Originally released in 1989 on a Sungai LP, Hep's remastered version comes with Bobby's original notes plus an illuminating essay...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2012