Miles Davis: That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series Vol 7
This three CD set is Miles Davis immediately after his 1981 comeback, his final period that ended with his death...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022
Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums – Second Set
A previous collection in Avid's series covered Gordon's sadly brief surfacing in 1955 and the start of his more permanent...
Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: August/2019
Charles Mingus: Incarnations
Reviewing the second of the two original Mingus releases on Candid in Jazzwise 289, I found myself requesting the re-release...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2024
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
Well, now you’re talking. All criticism of reissue illustration (e.g. the “images”, in this case by Francis Wolff) or presentation...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020
The Gary McFarland Orchestra: Special Guest Soloist: Bill Evans
Although Gary McFarland played the vibes, he was a very original and distinctive arranger who originally turned heads with his...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2016
Kenny Burrell Septet: Blue Lights
We wrote recently here about Burrell's current form. A veteran now and largely subsumed into jazz education, he can certainly...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016
Miguel Gorodi Nonet: Apophenia
The young Spanish-born trumpeter Miguel Gorodi is a fairly recent ex-Guildhall graduate whose initial efforts have sent him mostly in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2019
Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse
The Bahraini-born trumpeter and flugelhornist Yazz Ahmed has real rock credentials playing with Radiohead, These New Puritans and Joan as...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017
Snowboy & The Latin Section: New York Afternoon
Three decades into his career and Snowboy has lent his inimitable skills on the skins to everyone from Airto Moreira...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2016
Snazzback: Ruins Everything
Having steadily grown from a busy busking collective into an even busier live band, the pandemic hit Bristol septet Snazzback...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2023
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