Wes Montgomery: Wes's Best: The Best of Wes Montgomery on Resonance
Over the last few years Resonance has performed remarkable acts of musical archaeology, in particular researching and issuing material by...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019
Hadda Brooks: Out of the Blue: The Singles and Albums Collection 1945-53
In the late 1940s, Hadda Brooks made a name for herself via the Modern record label in Los Angeles, founded...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2022
Louis Armstrong and his All Stars: Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings
The personnel list above almost tells the whole story, what with the turnover of regular players during the 11-year period...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Charles Tolliver/Music Inc. & Orchestra: Impact
Trumpeter Charles Tolliver was, with Stanley Cowell, the co-founder of the pioneering artist-owned Strata-East label, home of many crucial 1970s...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2020
Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory: Arashi No Ato
Ugandan-British trumpeter Mark Kavuma has been one of the notable self-starters in UK jazz over the last decade or so.Banger...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2021
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra: The Unreleased WDR Recordings 1957-1974
Kurt Edelhagen was a major force in German jazz, his orchestra home to an all-star ensemble that included top US,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2021
Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth: The Stereo and Mono Versions
I realise there's a fashion for reissuing the mono versions of famous sessions we've long loved in stereo, on the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2018
Buddy Rich: Three Classic Albums Plus The Wailing Buddy Rich/The Swinging Buddy Rich/This One's For Basie/Buddy & Sweets
If America's greatest World War II combat General, George S. Patton had played drums, he would have been Buddy Rich!...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2012
Johnny Hartman: Four Classic Albums Plus
It is a mystery to me why Johnny Hartman is still revered by some fans of vocal jazz. These 4-LPs-...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022
Miles Davis: Unissued Café Bohemia Broadcasts
Well, here’s a turn-up – 40 minutes of the first Miles quintet that is genuinely unissued. Recorded off-air but with...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013
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