Review of Anthropology Band: Scald – Live 2022

Anthropology Band: Scald – Live 2022

Adam Fairclough | Anton Hunter | Charlotte Keefe | Chris Sharkey | Dave Sturt | Martin Archer | Orphy Robinson | Pat Thomas

Discus

Rating: ★★★

One of the good things about being Martin Archer must be that, as sole proprietor of an underground jazz record...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2023

Review of Thelonious Monk Trio & Quartet: Unissued Live at Newport 1958-59

Thelonious Monk Trio & Quartet: Unissued Live at Newport 1958-59

Art Taylor | Billy Strayhorn | Charlie Rouse | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Henry Grimes | Roy Haynes | Sam Jones | Thelonious Monk

In Crowd Records

Rating: ★★★

Previously available on the Gambit label (and reviewed in Jazzwise 127), this compilation combines three Newport appearances that helped to...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2013

Review of Shawnn Monteiro: You Are There

Shawnn Monteiro: You Are There

Dave Zinno | Joe Farnsworth | John Allmark | Josh Bruneau | Kenny Barron | Mike Renzi | Nat Reeves | Shawnn Monteiro | Steve Davis | Steve Langone

Whaling City Sound WCS 128

Rating: ★★★

Monteiro is the daughter of the late bassist Jimmy Woode, and dedicates this album to him. Father and daughter did...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022

Review of Nick Levinovsky: Special Opinion

Nick Levinovsky: Special Opinion

Bill Evans | Dave Weckl | Igor Butman | Mike Stern | Mitch Stein | Nick Levinovsky | Randy Brecker | the Moscow Jazz Orchestra | Tom Kennedy

Butman Music

Rating: ★★★

Here's a project with no side to it. Just straight-ahead, brass rich jazz-rock. The likes of Bill Evans and Mike...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2014

Review of Clark Terry: The Happy Horns of Clark Terry/It's What's Happenin'

Clark Terry: The Happy Horns of Clark Terry/It's What's Happenin'

Ben Webster | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Don Friedman | George Duvivier | Milt Hinton | Phil Woods | Roger Kellaway | Terry | Walter Perkins

Impulse

Rating: ★★★

One of Impulse's new 2-on-1 series, this pairs a brace of Terry's 1960s LPs complete with original photos and art...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012

Review of James Taylor Quartet: Man In The Hot Seat

James Taylor Quartet: Man In The Hot Seat

Andrew McKinney | Dave Bishop | Everton Nelson | Gareth Lockrane | James Taylor | Mark Cox | Matt Slater | Mike Davis | Pat Illingworth

Audio Network

Rating: ★★★

This lushly orchestral set from the James Taylor Quartet sounds like a compilation of all your favourite, unfairly forgotten film...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2022

Review of Gil Evans Orchestra: Hidden Treasures: Monday Nights Vol. 1

Gil Evans Orchestra: Hidden Treasures: Monday Nights Vol. 1

Alden Banta | Alex Foster | Alex Sipiagin | Birch Johnson | Charles Blenzig | Chris Hunter | Darryl Jones | Dave Bargeron | David Mann | David Taylor

Bopper Spock Suns Music

Rating: ★★★

Gil Evans’s son, Miles, now in his fifties, has periodically kept alive the legacy of his father, and specifically of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2019

Review of Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden

Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden

Cory Smythe | Darius Jones | Gitanjali Jain | Kyp Malone | Matana Roberts | Matt Lavelle | Mazz Swift | Mike Pride | Ryan Sawyer | Stuart Bogie

Editor's Choice

Constellation

Rating: ★★★★

In the past decade, the Coin Coin series has become a fascinating commentary on far-reaching African-American socio-cultural and political history....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2023

Review of Malija: Album Interview: The Day I Had Everything

Malija: Album Interview: The Day I Had Everything

Jasper Høiby | Liam Noble | Mandhira de Saram | Mandhira De Saram | Mark Lockheart | Patrick Dawkins | Richard Jones | Vai Welbanks

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

On his most recent albums as a bandleader, Polar Bear/Loose Tubes saxophonist Mark Lockheart has generally taken to writing with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Wes Montgomery: Echoes of Indiana Avenue

Wes Montgomery: Echoes of Indiana Avenue

Buddy Montgomery | Earl Van Riper | Melvin Rhyne | Mingo Jones | Monk Montgomery | Paul Parker | Sonny Johnson | Wes Montgomery

Resonance Records

Rating: ★★★★

These recently discovered tapes are a rare treat. Professionally remastered, they yield nearly an hour of early Wes Montgomery, demo-taped...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2012

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