Album Interview: Jacob Collier: In My Room
Having received accolades from the likes of Quincy Jones (‘absolutely mind-blowing’), Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, this debut...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2016
Johnny Hodges & Ben Webster: Complete 1954-61 Small Group Studio Sessions
For those who value the verities of pre-bebop jazz, this is a compilation of several Hodges albums that also included...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2016
Charlie Parker: The Charlie Parker Collection
‘We would emphasise that this does not purport to be a complete or definitive anthology [but] a reasonably comprehensive and...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021
Charles Mingus: Landmark Albums 1956-60
Having warned in Jazzwise 275 that my reissue of the year “may not be for Mingus beginners”, here is the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Howard McGhee: The Howard McGhee Collection 1945-53
Howard McGhee could play fast and high, sweet and low, and any point in between, and might have enjoyed a...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2020
Laura Jurd: Stepping Back, Jumping In
Dinosaur's increasingly assertive fusion explorations, with Laura Jurd as their benign, Hampshire Miles, have dominated the trumpeter's recent career. Taking...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2019
Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald: Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)
Many famous drummers paid tribute, both verbally and in their playing, to Chick Webb (born February 1909, dead from tuberculosis...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2014
Bill Evans: Peace Pieces
An interesting choice, since this wasn't an original album as such. Compiled by the new owners of Riverside after the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015
Miles Davis: Four Classic Albums
The four classic albums referred to in this collection are Miles Davis & Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet, Miles Davis & The...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022
Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown: Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown
The core of this album is nine of the 10 acclaimed tracks that Sarah Vaughan recorded with her regular trio...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2021
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