Nick Mason: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
Despite their (early on, at least), reputation for weirdness and freakery, Pink Floyd's individual members all had fairly straightforward and...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023
David Sylvian: Blemish
David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022
Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with the NYJO: Bulletproof
Such is the confluence of so many streams in Thompson's life that this exuberant release celebrates, you're already cheering before...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021
Clarence Penn: Dali in Cobble Hill
Adam Rogers | Ben Street | Chris Potter | Clarence Penn
Clarence Penn doesn't seem to do many record dates these days, possibly because he works regularly with Dianne Reeves, which...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013
Drifter: Flow
This is a very together CD. There is an ease and confidence of conception, which lifts this album out of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017
John Coltrane: The Pianists' Touch
It’s a good month for studio-recorded Coltrane, the Phoenix album combining his Prestige outings Mating Call and The Cats, originally...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2013
Duke Ellington: Far East Suite
With Sony giving the RCA Victor catalogue the same treatment as the Columbia/Legacy series, there could hardly be a better...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
Chet Baker: Three Classic Albums Plus
These two 2CD sets from Avid contain several of the key Chet Baker albums from the early 1950s to the...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2018
Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor: Sax Supreme: The Singles and Albums Collection 1949-58
Not much remembered these days, Taylor was the direct predecessor of King Curtis, in terms of building a solo reputation...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2023
John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set
Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman
Coltrane may be gone these 45 years, but he's the gift that keeps on giving. In the space of one...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012
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