Donald Byrd: Four Classic Albums Byrd's Word/Byrd's Eye View/All Night Long/Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill
These albums derive from when, very early in his career, Donald Byrd was fast becoming the most recorded jazzman ever....
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014
Makaya McCraven: In These Times
Over the course of seven albums, drummer Makaya McCraven has established a position at the forefront of progressive-minded jazz internationalists:...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: November/2022
Sonny Clark: Sonny's Conception
Once it seemed that it was only young trumpet players who were cursed with tragic early deaths. Seems that the...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2011
Thelonious Monk: Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection
The Sony box presents a dramatic contrast to their superior Mingus collection. The six albums covered have a very consistent...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012
Urbie Green: Five Classic Albums
The great trombonist has been poorly served by reissues, and this set puts the matter right, with the pick of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2020
Yusef Lateef: The Gentle Giant
So voluminous is the late ‘universal music’ pioneer's discography that it's easy to overlook some of the less celebrated entries....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014
Anoushka Shankar: Land of Gold
To my mind, Land of Gold is Anoushka Shankar's most realised and adventuresome, non-classical project of her career thus far....
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: October/2016
The Gil Evans Orchestra: Live at Fabrik
This is the ‘Monday Night’ band that appeared regularly at The Sweet Basil. I saw it several times there, and...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2022
Frank Zappa: Waka/Wazoo
1972 was a weird year for Frank Zappa. Confined to a wheelchair while recovering from being attacked onstage at the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2023
Centipede: Septober Energy
Centipede are more the stuff of legend than stuff of substance, given they only released one album and played barely...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2022
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