Album Interview: Georgia Mancio: Silhouette

This third studio release from Georgia Mancio is as thoughtful, assiduously crafted and lovingly realized an album as you'll hear...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Various Artists: Classic Jazz At The Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)

Barney Kessel | Ben Webster | Benny Carter | Bill Harris | Buddy DeFranco | Buddy Rich | Charlie Shavers | Coleman Hawkins | Connie Kay | Dizzy Gillespie

Jazz At The Philharmonic was a huge commercial phenomenon in its day, as well as a gateway drug for many...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2023

Miles Davis: 1958 Miles

Art Taylor | Barrett Deems | Bill Evans | Billy Kyle | Dale Jones | Edmond Hall | Ella Fitzgerald | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley

1958 Miles is a facsimile CD of a Japanese issue of the four remaining studio tracks of the Kind of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2014

Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan: The Complete Recordings 1952-1957

Al Cohn | Annie Ross | Bob Bates | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Carter | Bob Enevoldsen | Bob Whitlock | Bud Shank | Carson Smith | Chet Baker

One star? Yes, you read it correctly the first time. Had this been compiled in a manner that this music...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Album Interview: Jamie Saft: The New Standard

Bobby Previte | Jamie Saft | Steve Swallow

Pianist/keyboardist Jamie Saft is pretty much the quintessence of the iconoclastic downtown New York jazz musician, if such a thing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Harry South | Horace Parlan

With both the 90th anniversary of Hayes’ birth looming next year, and the much talked-of ‘Golden Age’ of British modern...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2024

Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights On A Satellite

Anthony Nelson | Brent White | Carl LeBlanc | Cecil Brooks | Chris Hemingway | Dave Davis | Dave Hotep | Elson Nascimento | Farid Barron | George Gray

By way of marking Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen’s 100th trip around the sun, Lights On A Satellite is...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2024

Dizzy Reece: The Complete Recordings 1954-62

Allan Ganley | Art Taylor | Ashley Kozak | Benny Goodman | Bill Eyden | Cecil Payne | Charlie Persip | Dave Goldberg | Derek Humble | Derek Smith

Musicians such as Joe Harriott, Harold McNair, Bogey Gaynair and, in this instance, Dizzy Reece injected the local scene with...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013

Billy Jenkins: True Love Collection

Billy Jenkins | Christine Tobin | Dave Ramm | Django Bates | Iain Ballamy | Martin France | Mike Pickering | Steve Noble | Steve Watts | The Fun Horns of Berlin

It's yesterday once more… the Man from Lewisham may currently be enjoying an episode of silence but here's a world...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2017

Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble: Hard Luck Soul

Charles Peterson | Dave Bennett | George Williams | Jesse Barrett | John Grady | Logan Rollins | Reynard Birtha | Richard Stokes | Richard Wise | Ricky Lewis

There’s not too much information available on this rarity but, as the title suggests, it purports to be a recording...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2011