Duke Ellington: Plays Mary Poppins + Afro Bossa
Afro Bossa and Mary Poppins, together with The Symphonic Ellington, were easily the best albums of the Duke's brief sojourn...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2021
Coleman Hawkins: Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947
A quarter-century of Hawkins is like a whole lifetime for most other people, indeed it's tantamount to the whole history...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Kairos 4tet: Everything We Hold
The third release from Adam Waldmann's Kairos 4tet group alternates between airily song-like jazz instrumentals and acoustic songs, one rolling...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013
Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures: Both/And
Having been lucky enough to see this group, augmented by local Finnish musicians, at the Tampere jazz festival a few...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014
Sonny Red: Quartet, Quintet & Sextet (2-CDs)
It goes without saying that virtually every altoist in the late-1940s and 50s was infl uenced to some extent by...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012
Duncan Lamont Big Band: As If By Magic…
The background to this highly welcome release is explained in the booklet essay by writer David McKee. Back in 2011,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2017
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Four Classic Albums
The four named albums (Hard Bop, Drum Suite, Impulse!!! and Caravan), emanate from a period when Blakey and company were...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Duke Ellington/John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
I already reviewed this exact compilation of the famous Impulse! title-album and four bonus items, back in Jazzwise 174 when...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2017
The Pete Hurt Jazz Orchestra: A New Start
Hurt, long a notable presence on the metropolitan scene released a small big band album on Spotlite way back in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016
Hubert Laws: Crying Song/Afro-Classic/The Rite of Spring
What a fascinating little time-capsule this double-CD reissue is. The three albums, recorded for Creed Taylor's CTI label between 1969...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2014
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