Johnny Griffin: The Little Giant/Change Of Pace

Albert Heath | Ben Riley | Bill Lee | Blue Mitchell | Johnny Griffin | Julian Priester | Julius Watkins | Larry Gales | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

From the mid-1950s through to the mid-60s, it appeared that Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside labels all had easy access...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2013

Sonny Stitt: The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt/And the Top Brass

Duke Jordan | Jimmy Mundy | Joe Benjamin | Philly Joe Jones | Ralph Burns | Sonny Stitt | Tadd Dameron

Though compared with Charlie Parker more frequently than he liked, Sonny Stitt nevertheless acknowledged their similarities, as testified by his...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2013

The Filthy Six: The Fox

Amos Trice | Clarence Jones | Dupree Bolton | Elmo Hope | Frank Butler | Harold Land | Herbie Lewis | Leon Petties | Martin Banks

Led by trumpeter Nick Etwell, these slinky retro groovesters, featuring B3-er Pete Whitaker, work within very stylistic confines of funk-soaked...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Tina Brooks Quintet: The Complete Recordings: Minor Moves/True Blue/Back To The Tracks/The Waiting Game

Art Blakey | Art Taylor | Blue Mitchell | Doug Watkins | Duke Jordan | Freddie Hubbard | Johnny Coles | Kenny Drew | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers

Having spent his early years scratching a living around the Big Apple with either local latin bands or supplying a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2015

Walter Bishop Jr: Coral Keys

Alan Schwaetz Benger | Harold Vick | Idris Muhammad | Reggie Johnson | Walter Bishop Jr | Woody Shaw

Launched in 1971 – at a point when a number of prominent Black American jazz musicians were establishing their own...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2020

Joe Alexander Quintet: Blue Jubilee

For those older readers who search the new releases section in vain for familiar names, here's one even you may...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2013

Will Calhoun: Life In This World

Alioune Wade | Brehima ‘Benego’ Diakite | Charnett Moffett | Cheick Tidiane Seck | Donald Harrison | Doug Wimbish | John Benitez | Marc Cary | Ron Carter | Wallace Roney

I don’t know about you, but if I meet a traveller who speaks fluently in many languages and shares his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013

Art ‘Turk’ Burton and Congo Square Spirits featuring Ari Brown: Then and Now

Over 30 years separates the two earthy, raw-edged sessions featured on this CD. They have in common conga-playing leader Art...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue:

Josh Kyle/Sam Keevers: Songs Of Friends

Josh Kyle | Sam Keevers

This follow-up to his terrific 2011 debut, Possibilities, sees Australian vocalist Josh Kyle back on home soil following an extended...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2015

Michael Dease: Decisions

Glenn Zaleski | Michael Dease | Rodney Whitaker | Tim Green | Ulysses Owens

This is arguably the best straightahead – but totally modern – CD of the year for this reviewer. Dease now...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2015