Charlie Bates Big Band: Silhouettes
Charlie Bates, a recent graduate of Birmingham Conservatoire's jazz course, foregoes his usual piano role to conduct this recording of...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: September/2017
Buddy Rich: The Lost Tapes
Back in 1985, there were rumours flying around that Buddy Rich's band was not what it once was. The gossip...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018
Kip Hanrahan: At Home In Anger, Which Could Also Be Called Imperfect, Happily
True to form, Hanrahan, the Cecil B. DeMille of jazz, unveils another glittering cast and a collection of audio scenes...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2012
Ku-umba Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band: Mingus Sings
I have a vivid memory of being sat-in-with by Lacy circa 1991, and his occasional vocals have been an entertaining...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015
Wendell Harrison: Dreams of A Love Supreme
Originally released in 1980, the first reissue of this somewhat obscure album was on the Tidal Waves Music label was...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2022
Fat-Suit: Atlas
As a late-night Glasgow Jazz Festival fixture, Fat-Suit seemed a simple enough proposition at first: a funk big band, built...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2016
Digby Fairweather: Notes From A Jazz Life Volume 2
The first volume of Digby’s career retrospective was reviewed in Jazzwise 251 (May 2020); now comes Volume Two. Again it’s...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Various Artists: BBC Jazz Club Rare Transcription Recordings 1959 Volume One
Vocalion have exhumed a series of BBC Jazz Club broadcasts and very welcome they are. Each programme combined a pair...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2015
Arturo Sandoval: Dear Dizzy (Everyday I Think Of You)
Having outlived most of his trumpet-playing contemporaries, Dizzy chose to spend his sunset years embracing young bloods like Jon Faddis...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2012
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