The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Classic Albums 1959-60
For many, this is where the story really begins. Though Adderley had been recording regularly since 1955, it was immediately...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2017
The John Coltrane Quintet featuring Eric Dolphy: So Many Things: The European Tour 1961
Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman
The year 1961 was an incredibly productive one for John Coltrane. Impulse! bought out his contract with Atlantic records and...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015
Trevor Watkis Routes In Jazz Group: The Music Of Dizzy Reece
Byron Wallen | Dezron Douglas | Ralph Moore | Trevor Watkis | Willie Jones III
This transatlantic group led by British pianist Trevor Watkis paid tribute to the legendary Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reece with a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022
Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music
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
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
Laurence Hobgood: Tesseterra
‘Third stream nouveau’ they're calling Tesseterra – though main man Laurence Hobgood both willingly owns and gently resists that appellation...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2019
Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Remember Me, My Dear
David James | Gordon Jones | Jan Garbarek | Rogers Covey-Crump | Steven Harrold
This concert from the farewell tour of the Garbarek/Hilliard collaboration differs from the three previous albums, Officium (1993), Mnemosyne (1998),...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Al Cohn/Dexter Gordon: True Blue/Silver Blue
Al Cohn | Barry Harris | Blue Mitchell | Dexter Gordon | Louis Hayes | Sam Jones | Sam Noto
Proper Gordon fans who remember the heyday of ‘The Chase’, his scintillating tenor battle with Wardell Gray, should well rejoice...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2016
Chris Anderson Trio: My Romance/ Inverted Image
Art Taylor | Bill Lee | Chris Anderson | Philly Joe Jones | Walter Perkins
Chicago pianist Chris Anderson could truthfully be called a ‘musician's musician's musician.’ In fact, even some of my most knowledgeable...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2012
John Coltrane Quartet: Africa/Brass
Coltrane Plays the Blues, re-released in a limited edition run by Vinyl Lovers, is without the original cover art, an...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020
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