Review of Nick Mason: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports

Nick Mason: Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports

Carla Bley | Carlos Ward | Chris Spedding | D Sharpe | Earl McIntyre | Gary Valente | Gary Windo | Howard Johnson | Karen Kraft | Mike Mantler

Harvest SHSP

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

Review of David Sylvian: Blemish

David Sylvian: Blemish

Buckhardt Stangl | Christian Fennesz | David Sylvian | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | Franz Hautzinger | John Tilbury | Keith Rowe | Marcio Mattos | Michael Moser

Editor's Choice

Samadhisound/UMC

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with the NYJO: Bulletproof

Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with the NYJO: Bulletproof

Peter Lemer

Temple Music

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Clarence Penn: Dali in Cobble Hill

Clarence Penn: Dali in Cobble Hill

Adam Rogers | Ben Street | Chris Potter | Clarence Penn

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Drifter: Flow

Drifter: Flow

JazzNArts Records

Rating: ★

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

Review of John Coltrane: The Pianists' Touch

John Coltrane: The Pianists' Touch

Art Taylor | Doug Watkins | Elvin Jones | Idrees Sulieman | Jimmy Cobb | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | John Simmons | Kenny Burrell | Louis Hayes

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Duke Ellington: Far East Suite

Duke Ellington: Far East Suite

Buster Cooper | Cat Anderson | Chuck Connors | Cootie Williams | Duke Ellington | Harry Carney | Herbie Jones | Jimmy Hamilton | John Lamb | Johnny Hodges

RCA Victor/Legacy

Rating: ★★★★★

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

Review of Chet Baker: Three Classic Albums Plus

Chet Baker: Three Classic Albums Plus

Bob Neel | Bud Shank | Carson Smith | Chet Baker | Corky Hale | Danny Richmond | Jimmy Bond | Joe Mondragon | Kenny Drew | Larance Marable

Avid

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor: Sax Supreme: The Singles and Albums Collection 1949-58

Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor: Sax Supreme: The Singles and Albums Collection 1949-58

brass | Budd Johnson | Charlie Shavers | Claude Cloud | Dick Hyman | Frank Rehak | Freddie Washington | Hank Jones | Haywood Henry | Leroy Holmes

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set

John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set

Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman

Solar

Rating: ★★★

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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