Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Live in Saint Louis
John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland
This genuinely rare item is not to be confused with the more frequently reissued 1963 St. Louis set included as...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2014
Tony Allen/Hugh Masekela: Rejoice
In which two giants from the Motherland meet on earth, then reconvene remotely. Tony Allen: kit drummer and co-creator of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2020
Neil Ardley & The New Jazz Orchestra: On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971
With Humphrey Lyttelton's endearingly stumbling announcements and a veritable fantasy football league of early 1970s jazz musicians associated with various...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017
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
Harold Land: The Fox
Over the years, a certain degree of controversy has followed in this album's slipstream, which was recorded three years after...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2012
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
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
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