Blue Mitchell & Orchestra: Smooth Is The Wind/A Sure Thing
Junior Cook and Blue Mitchell made up the front line of Horace Silver's wildly successful Quintet which between 1958 and...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014
Kenny Burrell: Bluesin' Around
First released on LP by Columbia some 20 years after these varied sessions were recorded, this CD version is in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2017
John Coltrane: Blue Train
Forgive me for a moment’s fictional indulgence, but I can just imagine a production meeting over at American Jazz Classics’...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2020
ArtPepper: Four Classic Albums: Second Set
Want to buy a present for the alto saxophonist in your life? You could do no better than this, the...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2019
Mike Monford: The Cloth I’m Cut From
Monford’s 2012 debut was titled Perseverence – and fittingly so. Armed with a three-point remit - intention, application, community -...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2024
Bob Brookmeyer: Four Classic Albums: Leader & Co-Leader Recorded Fall 1961/Brookmeyer/Tonite's Music Today/The Blues Hot
Though young Bob Brookmeyer had kicked around in numerous road bands, the big break for this Kansas City slicker came...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2012
Clifford Brown & The Ladies Of Jazz: Sarah Vaughan/Helen Merrill/Dinah Washington
Though employing a trumpet to shadow a singer has long been a regular device only on a few notable occasions...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
King Kolax: Those Rhythm and Blues
Trumpeter/bandleader William Little (1912-1991) – aka King Kolax –earned his place in jazz history based on his early experience in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2024
Various: Jazz At The Philharmonic: Complete Live In Stockholm 1960
It's reboot time at Chez Solar who have decided to ditch the flimsy card sleeve and bundle the original three...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2016
Art Farmer: The Art of Farmer – Classic Albums 1953-55
These are halcyon days for those keen to hoover up Art Farmer reissues at modest cost. Recently, there’s been Art...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024
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