Count Basie: The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55
The big band put together after Basie had spent more than a year leading an octet coalesced gradually, with Sonny...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2023
Clifford Thornton & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra: The Gardens Of Harlem
Founded in 1965 by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler, the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra created several star-studded extravaganzas during its 10-year...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra: Effervescence
Smith's heroics with the TSYJO or the SNJO hardly need further lauding in this modest corner of Jazzwise, but Effervescence...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017
Land Of Kush: Sand Enigma
Sam Shalabi is an Egyptian-Canadian composer and improviser who splits his time and energies between musical scenes in Montreal and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Troyk-estra: Album Interview: Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2013
Originally commissioned by Jazzwise for its 15th anniversary festival at Ronnie Scott's in 2012, Troyk-estra sees the three members of...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014
Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937
The benchmark for reissues of Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra from its earliest days until it disbanded in the late 1930s has...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2023
Ingrid Laubrock: Contemporary Chaos Practices
Ingrid Laubrock, as both an improvising tenor-soprano saxophonist and composer, has gone from strength to strength since moving to New...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
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