Teddi King/Carol Sloane/Morgana King: Five Classic Albums
Choose three singers at random and bundle their work together – record production or expediency? The discs are all OK...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2020
Stan Getz: Four Classic Albums Focus/West Coast Jazz/The Soft Swing/Cool Velvet
No matter the genre Focus – the masterwork that Eddie Sauter devised as a showcase for Stan Getz in 1961...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2012
Robert Glasper: Black Radio (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
By the time he made Black Radio in 2012, Robert Glasper was one of the biggest new names in jazz,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra: The Duke at Fargo 1940
Danish label Storyville last issued their double-CD of this legendary ‘live’ Ellington dance date in 2000, labelled reasonably enough as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2013
Curtis Amy: Groovin' Blue/Way Down/Tippin' On Through
Ever since I first acquired a vinyl of TheBlues Message back in the 1960s, I’ve had a warm affection for...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013
Ornette Coleman: The Music Of Ornette Coleman/Skies Of America
Although he has been one of the great soloists and small group bandleaders in the history of jazz, Coleman has...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012
Randy Weston: Four Classic Albums Vol.1 & Vol.2
One of the great champions of Afro-jazz, or as he himself states more explicitly, African rhythms in jazz, Weston drank...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015
Dorothy Ashby: With Strings Attached
Although she didn’t ‘invent’ the jazz harp – that distinction probably belongs to Casper Reardon (1907-41) or Adele Girard (1913–1993)...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2023
Herbie Mann: Afro Jazz Sextet – African Suite/Herbie Mann Nonet Flute, Brass, Vibes & Percussion
Oh dear, I do believe we've been here on at least two previous occasions. In much the same way as...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2012
Ray Charles: A Message From The People
This 1972 album by Ray Charles was his most political record, epitomised by the track ‘Hey Mister’ that asks why,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022
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