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
Various Artists: Haunted House: Vintage Music For Hallowe’en
This 26-track Hallowe’en-themed compilation is great fun, even if some of the selections (Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers’ 1962...
Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: November/2022
Sonny Rollins: Rollins Plays For Bird
It's easy to see why Plays For Bird is often overlooked when talking of Rollins's Prestige period, since the opening...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015
Stan Getz: Complete Columbia Albums Collection
It’s debatable whether you’d need to buy Getz’s Columbia albums until after you’ve acquired his output for all the other...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013
Beats & Pieces Big Band: Good Days
As with all other aspects of social-cultural life, the pandemic put the brakes on Ben Cottrell's much-admired Manchester-based Beats &...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2023
Abbey Lincoln: Straightahead
This is one of the great political and cultural statements made by African-Americans during the civil rights era. Apart from...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2012
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
Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet: The Complete Sessions
In the October 2012 edition of this esteemed journal, I extolled the virtues of a double CD that bundled together...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2018
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