John Coltrane and Friends: Sideman: Trane's Blue Note Sessions
Representing a sensible way of mining the archive and sticking to tried and tested names this compilation contains every note...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: The Conny Plank Session
The billing sounds highly significant, but the circumstances are more mundane. Plank, subsequently an influential producer through the likes of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015
Miles Davis: On The Air 1958-1959
Many of these seven off-air recordings were originally on bootleg LPs, the best-known material being the frequently excerpted TV session...
Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Gil Evans: Out Of The Cool
There appear to be two recent Universal reissues of OOTC, one with the five original tracks and one adding the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012
Kenny Dorham: Four Classic Albums: This Is The Moment/Quiet Kenny/Inta Somethin'/Matador
Tough bootin’ tenor sax players and blues-wailin’ guitarists may immediately be associated with Texas, but it should be remembered that...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013
Miles Davis/John Coltrane: Complete Studio Recordings: The Master Takes
It makes good marketing sense to reprise the joint studio work of Davis and his then employee, as a change...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2015
Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
This wasn't, of course, Montgomery's debut album – he'd already taped sets for Pacific Jazz in the co-led Montgomery Brothers...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2019
Joe Harriott: The Joe Harriott Story
The legendary status of the late Jamaican alto saxophonist can be ascribed, for the most part, to his groundbreaking solo...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Mal Waldron: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol.2
The distinctive, even oppressive, tone of Waldron's playing might seem burdensome when stretched over a box of 11 albums. (And...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2017
John Coltrane: Trane 90
This well-organised look at the middle decade of Coltrane's career takes its title from the fact that he would have...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2017
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