Harold Land and Kenny Dorham: Complete Recordings – Eastward Ho!/Fire in the West
Though they struck up a strong friendship around the time Land was with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown group, these two...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Howard Riley: To Be Continued
The elusive veteran pianist resumes his specialised solo piano role, playing mostly his own compositions, marked by intriguingly detailed harmony...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015
John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane
The last of the original Atlantic Coltranes, Olé often gets overlooked because it doesn't have the impact of earlier albums...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2018
Katalyst: Jazz Is Dead Series 2: Katalyst JID013
Los Angeles-based group Katalyst Collective has been around since 2014, with backing dates for Gary Bartz and Roy Ayers on...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: September/2022
Bill Evans/Jim Hall: Undercurrent: The Stereo & Mono Versions
Bill Evans | Freddie Hubbard | Jim Hall | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Ron Carter | Zoot Sims
The original six-track duo album, Undercurrent, ranked high among the output of both partners. Its pervading pensive ballad mood was...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2019
The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2
Of all the albums that the groundbreaking independent label Strata East released in the 1970s, this was arguably the most...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023
Lester Young: Complete Aladdin Recordings
This collection of 48 sides made with nine different groups for the small Aladdin company (plus one triosession with Nat...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018
Hampton Hawes: For Real!
Frank Butler | Hampton Hawes | Harold Land | Scott LaFaro
Creating headlines like ‘Junkie Jazzman Pardoned by President’, Hampton Hawes’ career was never short of controversy. Indeed, the pianist’s hyper-candid...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2024
Roger Garftt, Nikki Iles, John Williams Octet: In All My Holy Mountain
The fusion of poetry with jazz has been like a furtive undertow in the music's development. The idea appears and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2017
Tony Oxley: Unreleased 1974-2016
Little needs to be said of percussionist Tony Oxley’s credentials as a figurehead of improvised music – either through his...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2022
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