Sonny Rollins: Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol.4
The earliest music here is a straight reissue, down to the sleeve typo, of the 1959 set reviewed favourably in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
Clifford Brown: Jazz Immortal
Despite more than 60 years passing since his fatal road accident, the flame of Brown's trumpet still burns brightly, as...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2019
Sonny Rollins: And The Big Brass, Trio and Quintet
While there are perhaps no absolute classics, here is an interesting overview of one of Rollins's best and most prolific...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2012
Charles Mingus: Let My Children Hear Music/Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert
Hard for me to be objective with this one, since the UK release of Let My Children coincided with the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2014
Sonny Clark: The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions
The short-lived pianistic genius that was Sonny Clark (1931-63) is perhaps better known for the sessions he made with other...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2023
Tiny Bradshaw: The Jumpin’ Beat For The Hip Kids
Ohio-born Myron ‘Tiny’ Bradshaw (1905-1958) was a bandleader, singer, and drummer who started out in New York bands, before forming...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
London Improvisers Orchestra: 20 Years On
In the tradition of such former free music ensembles as John Stevens’s The Spontaneous Music Orchestra, Cornelius Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2019
George Russell: Complete 1956-1960 Smalltet and Orchestra Recordings
It would have made chronological sense if this had arrived before Fresh Sound's 1960-62 Sextets reissue (reviewed last month) but...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2015
Mike Westbrook Concert Orchestra: Marching Song Vol 1 and 2 Plus Bonus
Nearly 50 years on, Marching Song remains a seminal recording not only of the ‘Jazz Britannia’ era, but of any...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017
Benny Goodman: Small Bands Collection 1935-45
On one level, this compilation gives a very informative bird's eye view of the Benny Goodman small groups over their...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2021
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