Review of Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1

Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1

Herbie Hancock | Miles Davis | Ron Carter | Tony Williams | Wayne Shorter

Columbia Legacy

Rating: ★★★★★

This four disc set contains five full length concerts of Miles Davis’ legendary “second quintet,” recorded during their European tour...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Miles Davis: The Original Mono Recordings

Miles Davis: The Original Mono Recordings

19-piece big-bands | Barney Wilen | Bill Evans | Butch Warren | Cannonball Adderley | Charlie Rouse | Frankie Dunlop | Gil Evans | Hank Mobley | Jimmy Cobb

Columbia Legacy

Rating: ★★★★★

Here's a novel way to get more mileage out of best-selling material – original LP covers and contents, no alternate...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Album Interview: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

Bill Evans | Clarence Penn | David Kikoski | David Liebman | Donny McCaslin | Joe Locke | Joel Frahm | Kurt Elling | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker

Spartacus Records

Rating: ★★★★

Thumbing through the achievements of Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra it's necessary to pinch yourself to make...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Review of Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda

Alex Garnett's Bunch of Five: Andromeda

Alex Garnett | James Maddren | Liam Noble | Michael Janisch | Tim Armacost

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

Our interview with highly regarded US tenor-saxophonist Tim Armacost (Jazzwise 185, August 2014) set the stage for this release, the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015

Review of Trichotomy: Album Interview: Fact Finding Mission

Trichotomy: Album Interview: Fact Finding Mission

James Muller | John Parker | Linsey Pollak | Patrick Marchisella | Sean Foran | Tunji Beier

Naim Jazz

Rating: ★★★

With a pair of albums – Variations and 2010's The Gentle War, the latter especially exhilarating and serene in equal...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Review of Album Interview: Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is The Dream

Album Interview: Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is The Dream

Chris Potter | David Virelles | Joe Martin | Marcus Gilmore

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This is Chris Potter's third album for ECM. The first, The Sirens, was inspired by Homer's Odyssey and introduced David...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2017

Review of Kenny Wheeler: Songs For Quintet

Kenny Wheeler: Songs For Quintet

Chris Laurence | John Parricelli | Kenny Wheeler | Martin France | Stan Sulzmann

ECM 2388

Rating: ★★★

To paraphase what a wiser man than I has written of Don Cherry, ‘Kenny Wheeler didn't make music for his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2015

Review of Album Interview: Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio: Volume 2

Album Interview: Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio: Volume 2

Anthony Hamilton | Brandy | Casey Benjamin | Common | Derrick Hodge | Dwele | Emeli Sandé | Faith Evans | Glasper | Jill Scott

Blue Note/Universal

Rating: ★★★

Needless to say the predecessor was a big, big album, making Glasper the go-to jazzer for a new generation of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2013

Review of Frank Zappa: Lumpy Money Project/Object

Frank Zappa: Lumpy Money Project/Object

| Frank Zappa | Mothers of Invention

Editor's Choice

Zappa Records/Universal

Rating: ★★★★

Originally available in early 2009 as a special limited edition only from the Zappa website, this 3CD box set Lumpy...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: September/2016

Review of Tina Brooks: The Waiting Game

Tina Brooks: The Waiting Game

Johnny Coles | Kenny Drew | Philly Joe Jones | Tina Brooks | Wilbur Ware

Blue Note Tone Poet

Rating: ★★★★

Quite why Alfred Lion chose to hold back three out of four albums he recorded with tenor saxophonist Harold Floyd...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2021

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