A mighty confirmation of Byas!: Don Byas: Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946
Considering Don Byas’ place in the tenor scheme of things, the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD is unequivocal: “Byas...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2024
Gil Evans: Svengali
The anagrammatic title, credited to one Gerry Mulligan, signals an album originally seen as a follow-up to the Ampex album...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014
Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus: The Distance
Formanek may be known primarily through his long running association with Tim Berne but he has been a bandleader of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016
Bud Powell: The Best of Bud Powell Vol. 2: 1944-62
This anthology follows an earlier issue from Acrobat, and like its predecessor, it aims to offer a representative cross-section of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2024
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
Chet Baker: Chet: The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker
The plethora of Chet Baker reissues continues and each of these releases has something to commend it, although the bonus...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2020
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
Miles Davis: Before The Cool: The Miles Davis Collection 1945-48
Given the album's timeline, it's no surprise that 45 out of these 49 tracks feature Charlie Parker (and to a...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2021
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