The Mike Westbrook Concert Band: Last Night at the Old Place
It may seem amazing that such an important document of British jazz history, the last night at Ronnie Scott’s ‘Old...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018
Gerry Mulligan: Night Lights
Released at the peak of the bossa-nova boom of the early 1960s, on the face of it this album might...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Steve Khan: Public Access/Headline/Crossings
Once Columbia lost faith in fusion, Khan had to change his tune, literally. First he changed guitar, from Tele to...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018
Austin Peralta: Endless Planets – Deluxe Edition
Austin Peralta | Ben Wendel | Hamilton Price | Strangeloop | Zach Harmon | Zane Musa
The story of keyboardist Austin Peralta is one all too familiar to jazz fans: a stellar talent taken too young...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2024
Various Artists: Blue Note Re:imagined II
Don Was has maintained Blue Note's identity within the UMG monolith by broadening its range and deepening its roots, welcoming...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
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
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
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