Richard Fairhurst/John Taylor: Duets

Kit Downes | Lewis Wright

Richard Fairhurst has been a Steinway international artist since 1998 and initially joined forces with the world-class English piano veteran...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Yusef Lateef: Four Classic Albums: Jazz For The Thinker/Eastern Sounds/Other Sounds/Into Something

Barry Harris | Curtis Fuller | Elvin Jones | Ernie Farrow | Herman Wright | Hugh Lawson | Louis Hayes | Oliver Jackson | Wilbur Harden | Yusef Lateef

If ever there were titles in jazz that act as a grand metaphor for the essence of the music here...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014

Brand X: Nuclear Burn

Chuck Burgi | J. Peter Robinson | John Giblin | John Goodsall | Kenwood Dennard | Mike Clark | Morris Pert | Percy Jones | Phil Collins | Robin Lumley

Brand X will always be held in affection by gentlemen of a certain era, surviving as they did endless personnel...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2015

Miles Davis: Three Classic Albums Plus (Second Set)

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Hank Mobley | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland | Wynton Kelly

Stop me if I've said this before (er, actually, don't please Ed. I'm raising a valid point!) but can someone...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2019

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis: The Complete Norman Granz Sessions

Barrett Deems | Billy Kyle | Buddy Rich | Dale Jones | Ed Hall | Ella Fitzgerald | Herb Ellis | Louie Bellson | Louis Armstrong | Oscar Peterson

This 3CD set brings together the two albums that Ella and Louis made with the Oscar Peterson Quartet (with either...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2017

Chet Baker: Portrait In Jazz By William Claxton

Art Pepper | Bill Evans | Carson Smith | Chet Baker | Chico Hamilton | Gerry Mulligan | Johnny Griffin | Philly Joe Jones | Russ Freeman | Shelly Manne

I have in my possession a selection of original William Claxton photographs of Chet Baker all signed by Chet himself....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2018

Ran Blake: Ghost Tones

Aaron Hartley | Brad Barrett | Charles Burchell | Dave Fabris | David Flaherty | Doug Pet | Eric Lane | Jason Yeager | Luke Moldof | Peter Konagy

An absorbing project that pays tribute to Blake's inspiration and colleague, George Russell, done the year after the latter's death....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015

Slowly Rolling Camera: Juniper

Aidan Thorne | Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Elliot Bennett | James Copus | Mark Lockheart | Neil Yates | Nicolas Kummert | Sam Glaser | Stuart McCallum

Juniper marks a return to deep roots for Slowly Rolling Camera. Much loved as Dionne Bennett's vox were, the band...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018

Charlie Rouse: Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues/Takin' Care Of Business!/Getting' Into Somethin'

Art Taylor | Billy Gardner | Blue Mitchell | Charlie Rouse | Clark Terry | Curtis Fuller | Dave Bailey | Earl May | Gildo Mahones | Horace Parlan

When, in 1959, Charlie Rouse took over the tenor sax chair in Thelonious Monk's Quartet, it could have turned out...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2012

Various Artists: West Meets East: Indian Music and its Influence on the West

Though it was George Harrison who first introduced Indian music to mainstream Western pop audiences through his sitar embellishment on...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: October/2020