Review of Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Live in Saint Louis

Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Live in Saint Louis

John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

Rare Live Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Tony Allen/Hugh Masekela: Rejoice

Tony Allen/Hugh Masekela: Rejoice

Elliot Galvin | Hugh Masekela | Joe Armon-Jones | Lekan Babalola | Lewis Wright | Mutale Chashi | Steve Williamson | Tom Herbert | Tony Allen

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Neil Ardley & The New Jazz Orchestra: On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971

Neil Ardley & The New Jazz Orchestra: On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971

Barbara Thompson | Barry Guy | Brian Smith | Bud Parkes | Dave Clempson | Dave Gelly | Dave Greenslade | Derek Wadsworth | Dick Hart | Dick Heckstall-Smith

Dusk Fire

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2

The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2

Harold Mabern | Hugh Lawson | Jimmy Hopps | John Lewis | Mtume | Nat Jones | Ron Burton | Sonelius Smith | Stanley Cowell | Webster Lewis

Strata East/Pure Pleasure

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Harold Land: The Fox

Harold Land: The Fox

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

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Hampton Hawes: For Real!

Hampton Hawes: For Real!

Frank Butler | Hampton Hawes | Harold Land | Scott LaFaro

Contemporary/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Roger Garftt, Nikki Iles, John Williams Octet: In All My Holy Mountain

Roger Garftt, Nikki Iles, John Williams Octet: In All My Holy Mountain

Bob Sydor | Dave Warren | Dick Pearce | John Williams | Karen Sharp | Nikki Iles | Pete Hurt | Roger Garftt | Tom Mark | Trevor Tomkins

Re-stringing the Lyre

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Tony Oxley: Unreleased 1974-2016

Tony Oxley: Unreleased 1974-2016

Barry Guy | Dave Holdsworth | Howard Riley | Hugh Metcalfe | Larry Stabbins | Paul Rutherford | Phil Wachsmann | Stefan Hoelker | Tony Oxley

Discus

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Harold Land and Kenny Dorham: Complete Recordings – Eastward Ho!/Fire in the West

Harold Land and Kenny Dorham: Complete Recordings – Eastward Ho!/Fire in the West

Amos Trice | Clarence Jones | Harold Land | Herb Geller | Joe Peters | Kenny Dorham | Lawrence Marable | Lou Levy | Ray Brown

Solar

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Howard Riley: To Be Continued

Howard Riley: To Be Continued

Albert Henderson | Charlie McPhee | Eddie Saunders | Ernie Vaughn | Freddie Johnson | Jerry Jones | Joe McPhee | John Snyder | Michael Driver | Norman Moore

Kye

Rating: ★★★

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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