Herb Hardesty and His Band: The Domino Effect Wing & Federal Recordings 1958-1961
Many future modern jazz stars including John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin and Stanley Turrentine were just some of the many young...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2012
Wes Montgomery: Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings
A sequel to Echoes of Indiana Avenue, Resonance's 2012 release taken from the same tape sources, this new volume of...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2019
Bobby Broom & The Organi-Sation: Soul Fingers
When a 20-year-old Bobby Broom debuted on the GRP label as a leader in 1981, it signalled a star was...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums: Second Set
Hurrah! Here's an Avid that makes as much sense programmatically as it does commercially! Focusing on four of Morgan's 1956-57...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2019
Cab Calloway: All The Hits and More 1930-56
Compiling a collection on the basis of ‘hits’, using the post-1936 Billboard ‘Hit Parade’ (and similar unofficial charts) and then...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022
Strictly Smokin’ Big Band: Strictly Smokin’ & Friends
North-East based trumpeter Lamb founded the Strictly Smokin’ Big Band in 2004 (see story in Jazzwise 295) and has kept...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Coleman Hawkins/Clark Terry: Back In Bean's Bag
To my knowledge this is the first time these two great artists recorded together. Fortunately, it proved to be a...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2016
West Hill Blast Quartet: Live At Cafe Oto
Although they draw on the vocabulary of free jazz, these four musicians are only, to varying degrees, free jazz musicians...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: April/2016
Jon Regen: Satisfied Mind
“I called the album Satisfied Mind because it's the first time a collection of songs truly sounds like me”, New...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2023
Album Interview: Nat Birchall: World Without Form
Adam Fairhall | Andy Hay | Corey Mwamba | Jon Thorne | Nat Birchall | Nick Blacka | Paul Hession
Birchall's follow-up to last year's excellent Sacred Dimension finds him further pursuing his heartfelt devotion to the spirit and sound...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2012
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