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
Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble: Signs of Life
Multi-instrumentalist and former teenage prodigy Peter Apfelbaum’s Hieroglyphics Ensemble had been around for several years before the leader landed a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2020
Joe McPhee & John Snyder: To Be Continued
Massaging the connection that would yield such enchanted fruits on the wonderful Pieces Of Light the following year, comes this...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2015
Dizzy Gillespie/Hans Koller: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet & Hans Koller New Jazz Stars
Launching the NDR 60 Years Jazz archive project, this is the earliest surviving broadcast produced by the legendary Hans Gertberg,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2013
Roland Kirk: We Free Kings/Triple Threat
Hard on the heels of the recent Rhino/Atlantic compilation (Jazzwise 166) comes this public-domain reissue of Kirk's famous first Mercury...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012
Various Artists: We Out Here
A timely overview of the part of the young London jazz scene grown through channels such as Tomorrow’s Warriors and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018
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
Partikel: String Theory
London based trio, Partikel, have been playing together for over six years, including a running regular weekly jam session at...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2015
Karl Jenkins: Penumbra II
The not-for-profit Jazz in Britain team have done UK jazz a huge service by releasing previously unissued material, mainly from...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2023
Masabumi Kikuchi: Wishes/Kochi
The recent unearthing of Miles Davis's 1970 Fillmore dates provided a thrilling glimpse of the birth of the gritty funk-jazz-rock...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2014
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