Wayne Shorter: Introducing Wayne Shorter Quintet With Wynton Kelly & Lee Morgan
Jimmy Cobb | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Wayne Shorter | Wynton Kelly
It’s almost as if Wayne Shorter had materialised from nowhere. A brief stint with Maynard Ferguson drew attention, but as...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2011
Cannonball Adderley: Sophisticated Swing/Cannonball's Sharpshooters
Jimmy Cobb | Julian Cannonball Adderley | Junior Mance | Nat Adderley | Sam Jones
When Julian (and his brother Nat) rocked up in New York's Greenwich Village in 1955, he appeared to be the...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014
Eric Revis: Slipknots Through a Looking Glass
Bill McHenry | Chad Taylor | Darius Jones | Eric Revis | Justin Faulkner | Kris Davis
While developing an illustrious profile since 1997 as the bassist in the Branford Marsalis quartet, Eric Revis' achievements as an...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020
Jazz Passengers: April 1990
Being in the Jazz Passengers sounds like fun. The band began in 1987, emerging from John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, and...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: November/2015
Greg Spero: The Chicago Experiment: Revisited
Darryl Jones | Greg Spero | Jeff Parker | Joel Ross | Makaya McCraven | Marquis Hill
In the first decade of the 21st Century, Ropeadope launched a series of albums featuring sessions that brought together leading...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2023
Xhosa Cole: On A Modern Genius (Vol.1)
Heidi Vogel | Josh Vadiveloo | Liberty Styles | Nathan England Jones | Steve Saunders | Xhosa Cole
Birmingham saxophonist Xhosa Cole cements his reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting improvisers on this tribute to Thelonious...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2025
Ella Fitzgerald: The Moment Of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum
Bob Cranshaw | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Ella Fitzgerald | Jimmy Jones | Sam Woodyard
Another remarkable musical treasure has emerged from the vaults of Verve Records – this one a previously unreleased 1967 concert...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2025
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
Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Classic 1956 Sessions
John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland
We've reached a period where seemingly more attention is being paid to the works of Coltrane than to the great...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2019
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